Florence Land Recontouring, Inc., Landfill

Overview

The Florence Land Recontouring Landfill is a former 60-acre industrial and sanitary waste site in Burlington County, New Jersey. It accepted waste from 1973 to 1981, was placed on the Superfund National Priorities List (NPL) in September 1984, and was deleted from the NPL in May 2004 after cleanup construction was completed. A 7.4 megawatt solar farm now operates on the property.

More than 100 contaminants have been found at the site in soil, groundwater, leachate, and surface water. These include volatile organic compounds (VOCs) such as trichloroethene, benzene, and vinyl chloride; metals including lead, cadmium, chromium, and mercury; pesticides like DDT and heptachlor; polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) such as benzo(a)pyrene and naphthalene; and phthalates.

The 1986 cleanup plan focused on containing contaminant releases. Major construction ran from 1992 to 1994 and included a composite synthetic and clay cap, a slurry containment wall averaging 25 feet deep, an upgradient groundwater interceptor system, removal of about 4,000 cubic yards of contaminated sediments from leachate lagoons, and a gas collection and treatment system. Perimeter fencing was added in 1994, and all construction was finished by September 1998.

Human exposure is currently under control. All human and ecological exposure pathways are managed, and physical construction goals for current and anticipated future land uses have been met. However, contaminated groundwater migration downgradient of the landfill is not stabilized, and EPA has determined that further delineation and prevention of that migration is needed for long-term protectiveness. Monitoring continues, and the most recent Five-Year Review was completed in July 2024.

Community members can review all site records at the Florence Township Library in Roebling, New Jersey, or at the EPA Superfund Records Center in New York City. For questions, the EPA Community Involvement Coordinator is Shereen Kandil.