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judith Enck, Administrator 

U.S. Environmeotal Prolcct.ion Agency 


Region II 


290 BroaLiway 


New York, NY 10007-1866 

Re: 	Nomjnation tor National Priorities List ofSuperfund Site.. 


Mansfic1d Trail Dump Site, Byraro Township 


Dcar Administrator Enclc: 

The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) nominates the Mansfi.eld Tr3il 

Oump in Byrom Township, Sussex CUuQlyfor inclusion on the National PriQritics List (NPL) of 

Superfund sites. The Mansfield Trail Dump site con!rists of waste disposal and ground watet 

contaminariun areas affected by trichloroethylene (TeE). Specifically, the site includes vacant 

land parcels where the waste disposal aTea was recently discovered and nearby private residences 

where potable wells nnd indoor aiT quality have been advascly affected by 470Wld WCltet' 

eonuuniDation emanating from the waste disposaJ area. OfP Tecommends the U.S. 

Environmental Protectlnn Agency (EPA) Region TI's Emergency and Ranedial Response 

Division act tm this request during Federdl FjscaJ Year 2010. 

As pan of an EPA grant-funded investigation m September 2:009, DEP found PCl"t.'C1II kv\:ls (If 

Tel: in soil on the vacanlland parcels that is an ongoing ~ource [0 ground water conramination 

aftCcting a residentiat neighborhood ofthe townsbip. EPA bec.ame aware of the TeE 

contamination when DEP submitted the wa..~e disposal and ground water contaminatioD. area for 

fcderall;'eTno\'al action consideration in a letter dated October 16, 2009. EPA' s Removal Action 

Branch is assessing the waste di,po'saJ areas of the site and began an integrated a..'l.sessment in 

2010. 

Oue to the Jade of a responsible p3tty and )Scope (\fremedial work. anticipated to inve:;;tig81e and 

clean up the waste disposal area, as well as to protect residents' health by ensuring safe water to 

drink and clean air to breathe., it is i:'Ipptopriate that the .site be proposl!d for the NPL. 
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The TeE contamination constitutes a health risk: under- the federal Comprehensive 

Environmental Response, Compeosation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) tt) nearby 

residents through expos1ltc to contam.insted drinkiDg water from potable wells and 

contaminated indoor air in residential ~truerores frorn vapor intrusion. Specifically, nearly 

20 residential homes in a Byram Township neighborhood alons Brookwood a.nd Ross 

roads alrc3d.y have been imp3.Cted by tht! TeE ooDtamination. Moreover, unlimited site 

access to the soil contamination in this area prestnts a potential direct contact threat to 

persons that OJay venture off a bike path (named Mansfield Trail) that 1'\l.rI$ alons 3­

boundary of the site, which connects along :a ~cnway to two local public schools. 

DEP appreciates lhe oppommity to participate in the decision-mak.ing process to 

nominate this site for NPL Slatus and is lookinS forwa.rd ·to future cooperation with EPA 

duril\g n:mtdial work at the ~ite. 

Ifyou have any 'lu~tion!', please call ml! at 609-292-2885. 

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fs~M rin Commissioner 

c: 	George Pavlou, Deputy Adminisrroltor. EPA Region l~ 

Irene Kropp. Deputy Commissioner, DEP 

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