Kauffman & Minteer, Inc.

Jobstown, New Jersey

Site Description

Kauffman and Minteer, Inc. operated a 5-acre waste transportation business in
Jobstown, NJ. Company-owned tanker trucks transported bulk liquids,
including synthetic organic chemicals, plastics, resins, vegetable oils, soaps,
petroleum oils, and alcohols. From 1960 to 1980, the company discharged
wastewater used to clean the inside of its trucks into a drainage ditch and an
unlined lagoon. In 1984, a dike that surrounded the lagoon broke, allowing
contaminated wastewater to migrate off-site to a neighboring property and into
wetlands. Discharges from the lagoon and the washing areas contaminated
shallow groundwater beneath the Site and threatened the Wenonah-Mount
Laurel (intermediate) aquifer, a major source of potable water in the surrounding
area. Volatile and semi-volatile organic compounds and metals have been
detected in lagoon sediment, ground water, and soil.

Current Site Status and Cleanup Actions to Date

•	In September 1991, EPA conducted a remedial investigation to
characterize the nature and extent of contamination at the Site. Based
on those results, EPA completed a feasibility study to identify and
screen several cleanup options for the Site.

•	EPA removed approximately 21,000 tons of contaminated soil and
sludge to a secure, off-site facility.

•	EPA has pumped over 656,000 gallons of contaminated water from the
lagoon and drainage ditch at the Site.

•	EPA performed a pilot test of an in-situ chemical treatment method and
used data from the pilot as a model for a source-area cleanup plan for
the Site.

•	In 1997, EPA and the New Jersey Department of Environmental
Protection (NJDEP) collaboratively removed ten underground storage
tanks (USTs) found at the Site.

Current Funding Status

•	To date, EPA has expended approximately $10 million on the Site,
including removal action costs, the operable unit 1 (OU1) remedial
action, site studies, and remedial design for the remaining OU2 remedy.

•	EPA has determined that the Site does not pose an immediate threat to
human health, and will continue to monitor this site for any changes that
may trigger additional action. EPA will consider funding new work at
this site in Fiscal Year 2006.

Key

Accomplishments

•	EPA removed
more than 21,000
tons of

contaminated soil
and sludge and
has pumped over
656,000 gallons of
contaminated
water from the
lagoon and
drainage ditch at
the Site.

•	EPA performed a
pilot test of an in-
situ chemical
treatment method
and used data
from the pilot as a
model for a
source-area
cleanup plan for
the Site.

For more information
on the projects at this
site, please read the
Kauffman & Minteer.
Inc. Fact Sheet on the
Region 2 Superfund
Web site.

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