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The South Jersey Clothing Company (SJCC) was once engaged in the manufacture of military uniforms. As part of the manufacturing process, assembled garments were treated by a dry cleaning unit that utilized trichloroethylene (TCE). These operations generated TCE-contaminated wastewaters and sludges that were routinely discharged onto the ground behind the process building and along the adjacent railroad tracks. In addition, a fire in 1979 may have released an estimated 275 gallons of TCE from a storage tank located on site. In 1981, various sampling efforts by the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) and the Atlantic County Department of Health and Institutions revealed significant contamination of groundwater and soils in the vicinity of the site. Later the same year, a number of drums and contaminated soils were excavated and removed from the SJCC site by the site owners. Between 1981 and 1983, the SJCC installed 10 groundwater monitoring wells in the vicinity of the site. In addition, SJCC installed a groundwater extraction and treatment system. In 1985, Buena Borough began construction of a municipal water supply system and expanded it in 1988 to serve approximately 75 percent of its population. The SJCC is located 500 feet from the Garden State Cleaners (GSC) site, also on the NPL. The SJCC and GSC sites were addressed jointly due to their proximity to one another and similar contamination. The surrounding area is predominately rural and one of New Jersey's prime agricultural areas. Approximately 9,000 people obtain drinking water, and 3,800 acres of farmland, are irrigated from wells within 3 miles of the site. Site Responsibility: This site is being addressed through Federal actions.
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