Superfund Record of Decision (EPA Region 2): FAA (Federal Aviation Administration) Technical Center, Atlantic County, New Jersey (First remedial action), September 1989

Technical Report · Tue Sep 26 04:00:00 EDT 1989

OSTI ID:6988981

The 5,000-acre multipurpose FAA Technical Center site is a Federal Facility eight miles northwest of Atlantic City, in Atlantic County, New Jersey. Atlantic City's municipal water supply is provided by nine ground-water supply wells located just north of the reservoir on FAA property as well as by water drawn directly from the reservoir. Land use in the site vicinity includes forested land and commercial and residential areas. There are 25 known areas of contamination at the FAA Technical Center. Further areas of contamination will be addressed in future Records of Decision. Soil and ground water at the site are contaminated with VOCs apparently attributable to the jet fuel farm. Subsurface jet fuel contamination is probably the result of leaking pipes, storage tanks, and spills associated with above-ground and underground storage tanks, associated valves, piping, and dry wells, or a truck loading stand. As an interim remedial measure, free product recovery pumps were installed in 1988-89 in three onsite wells to recover the hydrocarbon plume floating on the water table. The primary contaminants of concern affecting the soil and ground water are VOCs including benzene, toluene, and xylenes; and other organics including PAHs (naphthalene) and phenols.

• Research Organization: Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC (USA). Office of Emergency and Remedial Response
• OSTI ID: 6988981
• Report Number(s): PB-90-178203/XAB; EPA/ROD/R--02-89/094
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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ALKYLATED AROMATICS
AROMATICS
BENZENE
CONDENSED AROMATICS
CONTAMINATION
ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS
FEDERAL REGION II
FUELS
GROUND WATER
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
HYDROCARBONS
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
INDUSTRIAL WASTES
JET ENGINE FUELS
LAND POLLUTION
LAWS
MANAGEMENT
MATERIALS
MATTER
NAPHTHALENE
NEW JERSEY
NORTH AMERICA
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
POLLUTION
POLLUTION LAWS
REMEDIAL ACTION
SITE SURVEYS
SOILS
SUPERFUND
TOLUENE
USA
VOLATILE MATTER
WASTE DISPOSAL
WASTE MANAGEMENT
WASTES
WATER
WATER POLLUTION
XYLENES