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Waste Site Reports: New Jersey
NOAA trust species in New Jersey include blueback herring, alewife, American shad, American eel, striped bass, white perch, Atlantic sturgeon, mummichog, striped killifish, tidewater and Atlantic silverside, Atlantic menhaden, Atlantic croaker, bluefish, Atlantic tomcod, shortnose sturgeon, channel catfish, white catfish, and many other species. Additionally, both bottlenose dolphins and four species of sea turtles (the Kemp's ridley, loggerhead, leatherback, and green sea turtle) appear in the nearshore and offshore environs of the coast. Species of particular interest to NOAA are striped bass, alewife, blueback herring, white perch, American shad, shortnose sturgeon, Atlantic sturgeon, American eel, bottlenose dolphin, blue crab, and four species of sea turtles mentioned above.
Areas of Special Concern in New Jersey
The NOAA RRC Program is working to protect and restore natural resources throughout New Jersey. The Delaware and Hudson River basins are of special concern to NOAA because they provide significant nursery, spawning, and migration habitat for a variety of fish species. Contamination within these basins poses a threat to human health and the environment and has led to fishery closures and restrictions on the sale and consumption of certain aquatic species.
The following areas are of special concern:
- The Newark Bay and rivers that feed the Bay are of special concern because of the number of people impacted, the toxicity levels involved, and the importance of the system for a multitude of species. Oil refineries, chemical plants, military facilities, and other industrial activity throughout the watershed have contaminated enough of the Bay's water and sediments that the state advises against eating most species.
- A second area of concern appears where the Toms River flows into the Atlantic Ocean. Due to the piping of treated process wastewater from the Ciba-Geigy facility, high levels of organic contaminants and trace metals have accumulated. This area is of special concern to NOAA because of the proximity of bottlenose dolphins as well as the Kemp's ridley and leatherback sea turtles, which are classified as endangered under the Endangered Species Act of 1973.
- lead and trace elements emerging into the Delaware River from the NL Industries, Bridgeport Rental and Oil Companies, and Chemical Leaman sites advocate special concern. BROS may also be contributing PCBs. The Delaware River is utilized by a variety of species to include American shad, blue crab, and shortnose sturgeon?an endangered species.
Other areas of concern include the Raritan River because it is the spawning and nursery grounds for many migratory and estuarine-dependent organisms, and the Mullica River-Great Bay area because of its proposal to become part of the National Estuarine Research Reserve System.
NOAA has taken an active role at Superfund sites affecting these areas of concern. For example, at the Global Sanitary Landfill site, NOAA evaluated the contamination of the Cheesquake Creek's marshes and assisted the state in designing a program to assess the bioavailability of the contaminants. NOAA also assisted the state in developing a remedy and monitoring program to reduce contamination in the marsh and creek. Once the monitoring program begins, NOAA will continue to provide technical review of the monitoring data in order to ensure the effectiveness of the remedial actions.
At the Diamond Alkali / Diamond Shamrock site, NOAA is working with EPA to ensure that ecological risk associated with the site is adequately defined. NOAA also is providing EPA with detailed recommendations on appropriate contaminant sampling locations and analyses using the Newark watershed database. This database is a unique tool that links and displays natural resource distribution, locations of contaminated sites, and sediment contaminant and toxicity data within the watershed to provide coastal resource managers with information to make effective decisions about site remediation and disposal of contaminated sediments. NOAA also continues to participate in forums and various working groups to address the dredging and remediation of the NY / NJ Harbor.
Reports Not Yet Available Online
- Ciba-Geigy Corp. (Reviewed 1984); CERCLIS No. = NJD001502517
- Cosden Chemical Coatings Corp. (Reviewed 1987); CERCLIS No. = NJD000565531
- Curcio Scrap Metal, Inc. (Reviewed 1987); CERCLIS No. = NJD011717584
- Diamond Alkali Co. (Reviewed 1984); CERCLIS No. = NJD980528996
Waste Site Reports
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- NJ: Bog Creek Farm (Reviewed 1984); CERCLIS No. = NJD063157150
(Document format: PDF, size: 317.1 K)
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- NJ: Chemical Control (Reviewed 1984); CERCLIS No. = NJD000607481
(Document format: PDF, size: 362.7 K)
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- NJ: Higgins Farm (Reviewed 1989); CERCLIS No. = NJD981490261
(Document format: PDF, size: 17.3 K)
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- NJ: Industrial Latex (Reviewed 1989); CERCLIS No. = NJD981178411
(Document format: PDF, size: 21.5 K)
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- NJ: Kin-Buc Landfill (Reviewed 1984); CERCLIS No. = NJD049860836
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- NJ: Krysowaty Farm (Reviewed 1985); CERCLIS No. = NJD980529838
(Document format: PDF, size: 486.2 K)
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- NJ: NL Industries (Reviewed 1984); CERCLIS No. = NJD061843249
(Document format: PDF, size: 463.8 K)
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- NJ: PJP Landfill (Reviewed 1984); CERCLIS No. = NJD980505648
(Document format: PDF, size: 336.1 K)
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- NJ: Price Landfill (Reviewed 1984); CERCLIS No. = NJD070281175
(Document format: PDF, size: 405.0 K)
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- NJ: Route 561 (Reviewed 2002); CERCLIS No.= NJ0000453514
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- NJ: Syncon Resins (Reviewed 1984); CERCLIS No. = NJD064263817
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- NJ: Ventron/Velsicol (Reviewed 1984); CERCLIS No. = NJD980529879
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