Pollution in New Jersey

New Jersey hosts 115 Superfund cleanup sites, 380 facilities reporting to EPA's Toxic Release Inventory, and 393 facilities currently in significant noncompliance with federal environmental laws. EPA has assessed $120.5M in lifetime penalties across these facilities, and TRI reporters released roughly 4.4M pounds of regulated chemicals on-site in the latest reporting year. The single largest on-site releaser is Phillips 66 Bayway Refinery in Linden, reporting 2.5M lb to EPA.

Superfund Sites115NPL
TRI Facilities380active reporters
Significant Violators393current SNC
Total Penalties$120.5Mlifetime

Superfund sites in New Jersey

SiteCityStatus
A O PolymerSparta TownshipReady for anticipated reuse
Atlantic ResourcesSayrevilleConstruction complete
Bog Creek FarmHowell TownshipReady for anticipated reuse
Brick Township LandfillBrick TownshipReady for anticipated reuse
Bridgeport Rental Oil ServicesBridgeportCleanup underway
Brook Industrial ParkBound BrookReady for anticipated reuse
Burnt Fly BogMarlboro TownshipConstruction complete
Caldwell Trucking CoFairfieldCleanup underway
Chemical ControlElizabethReady for anticipated reuse
Chemical Insecticide CorpEdison TownshipReady for anticipated reuse
Chemical Leaman Tank Lines IncBridgeportReady for anticipated reuse
Chemsol IncPiscatawayCleanup underway
Ciba Geigy CorpToms RiverConstruction complete
Cinnaminson Township Block 702 Ground Water ContaminationCinnaminson TownshipCleanup underway
Combe Fill South LandfillChester TownshipCleanup underway
Cornell Dubilier Electronics IncSouth PlainfieldCleanup underway
Cosden Chemical Coatings CorpBeverlyConstruction complete
Cps Madison IndustriesOld Bridge TownshipRemedy selected
Curcio Scrap Metal IncSaddle Brook TwpReady for anticipated reuse
Curtis Specialty Papers IncMilfordCleanup underway
D Imperio PropertyHamilton TownshipConstruction complete
Dayco Corp L E Carpenter CoWharton BoroughCleanup underway
De Rewal Chemical CoKingwood TownshipReady for anticipated reuse
Diamond Alkali CoNewarkCleanup underway
Diamond Head Oil Refinery DivKearnyCleanup underway
Dover Municipal Well 4DoverReady for anticipated reuse
Ellis PropertyEvesham TownshipReady for anticipated reuse
Emmell S Septic LandfillGalloway TownshipCleanup underway
Evor Phillips LeasingOld Bridge TownshipConstruction complete
Ewan PropertyShamong TownshipReady for anticipated reuse
Fair Lawn Well FieldFair LawnCleanup underway
Federal Aviation Administration Technical Center UsdotAtlantic CountyCleanup underway
Former Kil Tone CompanyVinelandCleanup underway
Franklin BurnFranklin TownshipReady for anticipated reuse
Fried IndustriesEast Brunswick TownshipReady for anticipated reuse
Garden State Cleaners CoMinotolaReady for anticipated reuse
Garfield Ground Water ContaminationGarfieldCleanup underway
Gems LandfillGloucester TownshipConstruction complete
Global Sanitary LandfillOld Bridge TownshipReady for anticipated reuse
Goose FarmPlumstead TownshipConstruction complete
Helen Kramer LandfillMantua TownshipConstruction complete
Hercules Inc Gibbstown PlantGibbstownCleanup underway
Higgins DisposalKingstonReady for anticipated reuse
Higgins FarmFranklin TownshipReady for anticipated reuse
Historic PotteriesTrentonListed on NPL
Horseshoe RoadSayrevilleConstruction complete
Iceland Coin Laundry Area Gw PlumeVinelandReady for anticipated reuse
Imperial Oil Co Inc Champion ChemicalsMorganvilleReady for anticipated reuse
Jis LandfillSouth BrunswickReady for anticipated reuse
Kauffman Minteer IncSpringfield Twp(Jobstown)Cleanup underway
Kin Buc LandfillEdison TownshipReady for anticipated reuse
King Of PrussiaWinslow TownshipReady for anticipated reuse
Landfill Development CoMount HollyReady for anticipated reuse
Lang PropertyPemberton TownshipReady for anticipated reuse
Lcp Chemicals IncLindenCleanup underway
Lightman Drum CompanyWinslow TownshipReady for anticipated reuse
Lone Pine LandfillFreehold TownshipReady for anticipated reuse
Lower Hackensack RiverBergen And Hudson CountiesListed on NPL
Mansfield Trail DumpByramCleanup underway
Martin Aaron IncCamdenCleanup underway
Matlack IncWoolwich TownshipCleanup underway
Matteo Sons IncThorofareCleanup underway
Maywood Chemical CoMaywood/Rochelle ParkCleanup underway
Mcguire Air Force Base 1WrightstownCleanup underway
Metaltec AerosystemsFranklin BoroughReady for anticipated reuse
Middlesex Sampling Plant UsdoeMiddlesexCleanup underway
Monitor Devices Inc Intercircuits IncWall TownshipConstruction complete
Montgomery Township Housing DevelopmentMontgomery TownshipReady for anticipated reuse
Myers PropertyFranklin TownshipReady for anticipated reuse
Nascolite CorpMillvilleReady for anticipated reuse
Naval Air Engineering CenterLakehurstConstruction complete
Naval Weapons Station Earle Site AColts NeckCleanup underway
Nl IndustriesPedricktown (Oldmans TownCleanup underway
Orange Valley Regional Ground Water ContaminationWest Orange/OrangeListed on NPL
Picatinny Arsenal UsarmyRockaway TownshipCleanup underway
Pierson S CreekNewarkListed on NPL
Pioneer Metal Finishing IncFranklinvilleListed on NPL
Pjp LandfillJersey CityConstruction complete
Pohatcong Valley Ground Water ContaminationWarren CountyReady for anticipated reuse
Price LandfillPleasantvilleCleanup underway
Puchack Well FieldPennsauken TownshipCleanup underway
Quanta ResourcesEdgewaterCleanup underway
Radiation Technology IncRockaway TownshipCleanup underway
Raritan Bay SlagOld Bridge Twp/SayrevilleCleanup underway
Ringwood Mines LandfillRingwood BoroughConstruction complete
Riverside Industrial ParkNewarkCleanup underway
Rockaway Borough Well FieldRockaway TownshipConstruction complete
Rockaway Township WellsRockaway TownshipReady for anticipated reuse
Rocky Hill Municipal WellRocky Hill BoroughReady for anticipated reuse
Roebling Steel CoFlorenceCleanup underway
Rolling Knolls LfGreen VillageListed on NPL
Route 561 DumpGibbsboroCleanup underway
Scientific Chemical ProcessingCarlstadtConstruction complete
Sharkey LandfillParsippany, Troy HlsConstruction complete
Sherwin Williams Hilliards CreekGibbsboroCleanup underway
Shieldalloy CorpNewfield BoroughCleanup underway
South Jersey Clothing CoMinotolaReady for anticipated reuse
Standard ChlorineKearnyConstruction complete
Swope Oil Chemical CoPennsauken TownshipReady for anticipated reuse
Syncon ResinsSouth KearnyConstruction complete

Largest New Jersey releasers

FacilityCityOn-site (lb)
Phillips 66 Bayway RefineryLinden2.5M
Chemours-Chambers WorksPenns Grove446.7k
Paulsboro Refining CompanyPaulsboro318.1k
Chem Fleur Division Of FirmenichNewark171.8k
Cogen Technologies Inc Linden VentureLinden86.3k
Viking Yacht CoNew Gretna71.9k
Richards Manufacturing Company Sales LlcIrvington48.0k
Avantor Performance MaterialsPhillipsburg46.7k
Infineum Usa L.p. - Bayway Chemical PlantLinden45.2k
Equistar Chemicals LpEdison44.1k
Dsm Nutritional Products, Inc.Belvidere41.2k
Linden Generating StationLinden38.5k
Ardagh Glass IncBridgeton33.7k
Delaware River PlantBridgeport31.3k
Veolia North America Regeneration ServicesLinden30.6k
Ashland Specialty Ingredients (Parlin Plant)Parlin22.9k
Joint Base Mcguire Dix Lakehurst - Fort DixFort Dix17.9k
Mexichem - Specialty Resins Inc.Pedricktown17.8k
Parkway Generation Sewaren Energy CenterSewaren16.6k
Bayonne Energy CenterBayonne15.6k
Saint-Gobain Performance PlasticsMickleton14.9k
Pseg - Bergen Generating StationRidgefield14.8k
Equilon Enterprises Llc (Dba Shell Oil Products Us) - Sewaren TerminalSewaren14.3k
A. Zerega's Sons, Inc.Fair Lawn14.0k
Viking Yacht CompanyEgg Harbor13.7k

By county

Middlesex County County14 SF · 62 TRI · 25 violatorsMorris County County9 SF · 27 TRI · 32 violatorsBergen County County9 SF · 39 TRI · 21 violatorsBurlington County County11 SF · 22 TRI · 33 violatorsMonmouth County County9 SF · 14 TRI · 17 violatorsCamden County County10 SF · 20 TRI · 16 violatorsEssex County County8 SF · 26 TRI · 22 violatorsGloucester County County9 SF · 25 TRI · 15 violatorsOcean County County4 SF · 10 TRI · 15 violatorsPassaic County County1 SF · 21 TRI · 24 violatorsSomerset County County5 SF · 25 TRI · 11 violatorsUnion County County2 SF · 29 TRI · 19 violatorsAtlantic County County6 SF · 4 TRI · 10 violatorsHudson County County4 SF · 16 TRI · 20 violatorsMercer County County1 SF · 10 TRI · 22 violatorsSussex County County3 SF · 3 TRI · 21 violatorsCumberland County County4 SF · 9 TRI · 16 violatorsHunterdon County County3 SF · 2 TRI · 17 violatorsWarren County County1 SF · 6 TRI · 11 violatorsCape May County County1 SF · 0 TRI · 6 violatorsSalem County County1 SF · 10 TRI · 8 violatorsMonroe County0 SF · 0 TRI · 2 violatorsCarbon County0 SF · 0 TRI · 0 violatorsDelaware County0 SF · 0 TRI · 0 violatorsGreene County0 SF · 0 TRI · 0 violatorsSchoharie County0 SF · 0 TRI · 0 violatorsChester County0 SF · 0 TRI · 0 violatorsFulton County0 SF · 0 TRI · 0 violatorsHills County0 SF · 0 TRI · 0 violatorsOrange County0 SF · 0 TRI · 0 violatorsPike County0 SF · 0 TRI · 1 violatorsSchuyler County0 SF · 0 TRI · 0 violatorsSteuben County0 SF · 0 TRI · 0 violatorsSusquehanna County0 SF · 0 TRI · 1 violatorsTioga County0 SF · 0 TRI · 0 violatorsAllegany County0 SF · 0 TRI · 0 violatorsBarry County0 SF · 0 TRI · 0 violatorsBerks County0 SF · 0 TRI · 0 violatorsBucks County0 SF · 0 TRI · 0 violatorsBurke County0 SF · 0 TRI · 0 violatorsCattaraugus County0 SF · 0 TRI · 1 violatorsClearfield County0 SF · 0 TRI · 0 violatorsColumbia County0 SF · 0 TRI · 0 violatorsCook County0 SF · 0 TRI · 0 violatorsCrawford County0 SF · 0 TRI · 0 violatorsDutchess County0 SF · 0 TRI · 0 violatorsEl Paso County0 SF · 0 TRI · 0 violatorsLackawanna County0 SF · 0 TRI · 0 violatorsLake County0 SF · 0 TRI · 0 violatorsLancaster County0 SF · 0 TRI · 1 violatorsLuzerne County0 SF · 0 TRI · 0 violatorsLycoming County0 SF · 0 TRI · 0 violatorsMcdowell County0 SF · 0 TRI · 0 violatorsNj County0 SF · 0 TRI · 0 violatorsNorthampton County0 SF · 0 TRI · 1 violatorsOklahoma County0 SF · 0 TRI · 1 violatorsOtsego County0 SF · 0 TRI · 0 violatorsPolk County0 SF · 0 TRI · 1 violatorsRandall County0 SF · 0 TRI · 1 violatorsSchuylkill County0 SF · 0 TRI · 0 violatorsSt. Lucie County0 SF · 0 TRI · 1 violatorsSullivan County0 SF · 0 TRI · 0 violatorsTolland County0 SF · 0 TRI · 0 violatorsTompkins County0 SF · 0 TRI · 0 violatorsUlster County0 SF · 0 TRI · 0 violatorsUmatilla County County0 SF · 0 TRI · 0 violatorsVolusia County0 SF · 0 TRI · 0 violatorsWarren Coutny County0 SF · 0 TRI · 1 violatorsWayne County0 SF · 0 TRI · 0 violatorsWindham County0 SF · 0 TRI · 0 violatorsWyoming County0 SF · 0 TRI · 0 violators

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