EPA awards contract for demolition work at the South Jersey clothing company Superfund site in Buena Borough, NJ.NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 13, 1996--The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), independent agency of the U.S. government, with headquarters in Washington, D.C. It was established in 1970 to reduce and control air and water pollution, noise pollution, and radiation and to ensure the safe handling and (EPA EPA eicosapentaenoic acid. EPA abbr. eicosapentaenoic acid EPA, n.pr See acid, eicosapentaenoic. EPA, n. ) and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers have awarded a contract for the demolition of a building at the South Jersey Clothing Company (SJCC SJCC San Jose Convention Center (California) SJCC San Jacinto Community College SJCC St John's Community Centre SJCC St Joseph's Commerce College (Bangalore, India) SJCC St. ) Superfund site in Minotola, Buena Borough. It is the first in a series of actions planned for the coming months that are aimed at reducing contamination in the groundwater near the site. The demolition will create space for construction of a new building to house a groundwater treatment system. The work is expected to begin this January. Sevenson Environmental Services Inc. of Niagara Falls, New York Niagara Falls is a city in Niagara County, New York, United States. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 55,593. It is across the Niagara River from Niagara Falls, Ontario, both named after the famed Niagara Falls which they share. was awarded the contract, in the amount of $1,066,758. Funds from the federal Superfund Trust will cover 90 percent of the cleanup costs and the state of New Jersey will fund the remaining 10 percent. EPA Regional Administrator Jeanne M. Fox said, "This action is an excellent demonstration of how the federal Superfund program provides assistance to local communities that lack the resources to deal with serious pollution problems." The Army Corps will be at the site to oversee all the demolition and construction activities. A soil vapor extraction Soil Vapor Extraction (SVE) is an in situ process for soil remediation where contamination is removed from soil by carrying it out through a medium such as air or steam. The extracted soil vapors are separated into liquids and vapors, and each stream is treated as necessary. system, similar to one used recently to clean up the contaminated soils at the nearby Garden State Cleaners Superfund site, will also be installed adjacent to the new building. The extraction and treatment systems will remove volatile organic compound volatile organic compound Environment Any toxic cabon-based (organic) substance that easily become vapors or gases–eg, solvents–paint thinners, lacquer thinner, degreasers, dry cleaning fluids contamination from the groundwater and soils at the SJCC site. The SJCC site was placed on the Superfund National Priorities List (NPL 1. NPL - New Programming Language. IBM's original (temporary) name for PL/I, changed due to conflict with England's "National Physical Laboratory." MPL and MPPL were considered before settling on PL/I. Sammet 1969, p.542. 2. ) in October 1989. It is located 500 feet from the Garden State Cleaners site, also on the NPL. EPA addressed the sites in a combined investigation due to their proximity to one another and the similarity of the contamination, volatile organics in groundwater. CONTACT: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, New York Rich Cahill, 212/637-3665 Email: Cahill.Rich@EPAMAIL.GOV. |
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