| Abstract |
The 10-acre King of Prussia (KOP) site is an abandoned waste disposal and recycling facility in Winslow Township, Camden County, New Jersey. Past waste handling and disposal practices at the facility, as well as suspected illegal dumping of trash and hazardous materials after the facility closed, have resulted in organic and inorganic contamination of site soil, sediment, and ground water. Soil and ground water contamination were detected by the State in 1976, and subsequently confirmed by EPA during site investigations conducted from 1978 to 1982. As a result of these investigations, buried plastic containers and visibly contaminated soil west of the lagoons were excavated and removed in late 1989 or 1990. However, several additional discrete areas of contamination have been identified including: metal-contaminated soil adjacent to the lagoons, lagoon sludges, swale sediment, and soil near the tankers; VOC-contaminated soil in the drum disposal area; organic- and metal-contaminated ground water; and possible contamination of the surface water and sediment in the river. The Record of Decision (ROD) addresses the first operable unit for the site, including the contaminated ground water, soil, sediment, sludges, drums and tankers. The primary contaminants of concern affecting the soil, sediment, sludge, debris, and ground water are VOCs including benzene, PCE, and TCE; and metals including chromium and lead. |
