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Maywood Site
Maywood/Rochelle Park/Lodi, Bergen County, New Jersey
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Office: Oak Ridge Operations Office
Size:
12 acres (0.02 square mile)
NPL Status:
Placed on the NPL on September 8, 1983.
Mission:
The Maywood Site, a privately owned site previously used for thorium
extraction, was acquired by DOE in 1984. The site is managed under a
Congressional mandate by DOE under the FUSRAP. The Maywood Site is used
specifically for storage of radiologically contaminated materials resulting
from remedial activities conducted on properties in the vicinity of the Maywood
Site.
Overview of Environmental Conditions:
Onsite and offsite soil has been contaminated with radiological contaminants
and associated chemicals. Approximately 54 remaining vicinity properties are
radiologically contaminated.
CERCLA/RCRA Remediation Funding in FY 95: $14,468,000
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Progress in Reaching Interagency Agreement
An FFA for the Maywood Site, signed by EPA Region II and DOE on July 23, 1990,
became effective in April 1991. Schedules were subsequently negotiated for the
DOE submittal of the RI, the baseline risk assessment, and the FS. EPA Region
II reviewed and approved the package on November 25, 1991.
Specific Cost Estimates and Budgetary Proposals Involved in Each Interagency
Agreement
Funds budgeted for environmental restoration under the FFA total $15.9 million
of appropriated funding for FY 96 and $15.9 million for FY 97 according to the
request in the President's Budget.
Public Comments Regarding Interagency Agreements
No new public comments regarding the FFA were received in FY 95.
Progress in Conducting Remedial Investigations/Feasibility Studies
Significant progress was made in FY 95 on the completion of RI/FS activities at
the site. The Final Draft FS Report was issued in April 1994. Comments on the
PP were provided by EPA Region II in September 1995. The PP is expected to be
released to the public in FY 97 pending the resolution of specific issues.
Progress in Conducting Remedial Actions
Substantial progress has been made using removal actions. The site
consists of the DOE-owned Maywood Interim Storage Site and vicinity properties,
all of which are contaminated. As of May1986, 25 of the vicinity properties
were cleaned up using removal actions, and the resulting waste was placed in
storage in the engineered cell at the Maywood Interim Storage Site. During FY
94, a dispute with EPA over cleanup criteria was resolved and agreement was
reached with the State of New Jersey on the cleanup criteria for residential
properties. Removal of the Maywood Interim Storage Site Pile began in 1995, and
approximately 40% of the waste has been removed. Completion of the Maywood pile
removal is scheduled for FY 97. Remedial action continued at selected vicinity
properties. Five contaminated vicinity properties were released back to the
landowner for unrestricted use. Remedial actions are expected to continue at
vicinity properties in FY 96.
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