This site, a defunct automotive brake pad manufacturer, was brought to the attention of EPA by the NJDEP for a possible referral for a CERCLA removal action. An inspection by EPA OSCs and a DEP responder on 12/23/05 revealed the following hazardous materials/wastes were abandoned at the site: tons of asbestos material, tons of elemental sulphur, 1,000+ drums of mostly unknown materials or materials that do not match the label description, hundreds of smaller containers, acids, flammable liquids, iron and aluminum powders, flammable solids, waste oil, solvents, and other contaminants or pollutants. The site is semi-controlled, with most doors being locked but numerous open windows or sections of sheet metal walls missing. A maintenance man is on-site for a few hours Mon-Fri. The owner of the building (not the business) has balked at doing a cleanup, but with pressure from the DEP, he has hired a company to provide him with an estimate of the clean-up cost. The former operator of the actual manufacturing business has left the state and resumed the same business in Pennsylvania.
Negotiations with former operator of the Site, Friction Division Products, have concluded without success. RP's final offer to undertake a small portion of the removal action was rejected by EPA, and a Fund-lead removal action will commence on or about 1/22/07.
Mobe crew to Site to begin setting up support facilities and to secure building.
Mobe crew to Site, repair holes in ceilings and cover broken windows, set up office trailer and utilities, set up decon area and stage supplies.
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