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Site Number: |
A24N |
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Contract Number: |
EP-S2-15-02 |
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D.O. Number: |
007 |
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Action Memo Date: |
8/10/2015 |
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CERCLA |
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Response Type: |
Emergency |
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EPA |
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Incident Category: |
Removal Action |
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Non NPL |
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7/1/2015 |
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7/1/2015 |
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1.1.1 Incident Category
Emergency Removal Action
1.1.2 Site Description
The Former Kil-Tone Company Site is located at 527 East Chestnut Avenue in a mixed use area within the City of Vineland, Cumberland County, NJ. The Kil-Tone Company manufactured arsenic-based pesticides from the late 1910s until the late 1930s. Specific compounds manufactured by the company include lead arsenate, London purple, Paris green, and copper lime calcium arsenate dust. During the late 1800s and early 1900s, arsenicals like Paris Green, lead arsenate, and calcium arsenate were popular and common pesticides used in agriculture.
The Site property is currently owned by Urban Manufacturing LLC, a holding company with Urban Sign & Cranes, Inc. as a tenant. Urban Sign & Crane, Inc. fabricates and installs commercial signage. Operations are conducted within the building, with the outside portions of the lot used for storage of equipment and vehicles. A large portion of the property is unpaved, with asphalt paving located around the eastern and northern perimeter of the property.
1.1.2.1 Location
The Site is located in a mixed use residential/commercial/light industrial neighborhood of Vineland, New Jersey. The Site is bounded to the north by East Cherry Street, to the south by Paul Street, to the east by South Sixth Street and to the west by South East Boulevard. The nearest residential property to the Former Kil-Tone Company Site property sits immediately adjacent the property. The Third Street Complex, a public park funded by NJDEP Green Acres, is located less than 0.25 miles west of the Site on East Chestnut Avenue, and the Gloria M. Sabater Elementary School is located 0.25 miles north of the Site on Almond Street.
The residential area immediately surrounding the Former Kil-Tone Site property are mostly older structures constructed in the early 1900s. The majority of the properties are single family homes or duplexes that have been converted into tenant occupied apartment buildings.
1.1.2.2 Description of Threat
Soil sampling conducted by the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) in August 2014 discovered high concentrations of arsenic and lead in the soils at the Site property and several neighboring residential properties. NJDEP referred the site for removal action consideration on November 14, 2014.
Soil sampling conducted by the NJDEP in August 2014 detected elevated concentrations of arsenic on the Site property. Arsenic is present in the top 6” of soil as high at concentrations as high as 740 ppm and at depth as high as 5,800 ppm. Groundwater samples collected from temporary well points on the Site have arsenic concentrations that range from 8.1 ppb to 14,000 ppb.
EPA collected 27 surface soil samples in a grid pattern from the unpaved portions of the property at the Site property on January 15, 2015 and detected arsenic concentrations in the top 3" of soil that range from 2 ppm to 2,300 ppm. Lead concentrations within the top 3" of soil range from 5 ppm to 460 ppm.
EPA’s Environmental Response Team (ERT) performed a high-resolution characterization of the Site soils using a Cone Penetrometer/X-Ray Fluorescence (CPT/XRF) from June 22 – July 1, 2015. A Geoprobe was used to collect soil cores to obtain visual comparisons for the CPT logs and to run confirmation lab analyses on the XRF data. The CPT/XRF detected arsenic concentrations as high as 47,000 ppm and lead concentrations as high as 119,280 ppm in the soils near the former rail spur.
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