sharkey landfill

EDWARDS & SHARKEY ROAD

The Sharkey Landfill site is approximately 90 acres in size and is divided into five separate fill areas: the North Fill, South Fill, Northwest-North Fill, Northwest-South Fill, and Southwest Fill. The North Fill is a 26-acre island in the Rockaway River. The South Fill is an approximately 32-acre area adjacent to the Rockaway and Whippany Rivers and the Parsippany-Troy Hills wastewater treatment plant. The Northwest-North and Northwest-South Fills are about 11 and 15 acres in size, respectively, and were originally one fill area. The two fill areas were separated as a result of the construction of Interstate 280. The 9-acre Southwest Fill area is located along the Whippany River southeast of Ridgedale Avenue in East Hanover. The site began operating in 1945 and accepted municipal waste material until September 1972. During that time, the landfill also accepted commercial, industrial, and hazardous waste materials. Records indicate that various organic compounds were disposed of at the site, including toluene, benzene, chloroform, dichloroethylene, and methylene chloride. Although there have been allegations of waste disposal after 1972, the site is believed to have been generally inactive until 1979, when excavation related to the expansion of the Parsippany-Troy Hills wastewater treatment plant was initiated. Site Responsibility: This site is being addressed through Federal and potentially responsible parties' actions.

• Troy Mills Landfill (Troy, NH)
• Roebling Steel Co. (Florence, NJ)
• Powell Road Landfill (Dayton, OH)
• Standard Mine (Gunnison National Forest, CO)
• Amoco Chemicals (joliet Landfill) (Joliet, IL)

• N.w. Mauthe Co., Inc. (Appleton, WI)
• Sanitary Landfill Co. (industrial Waste Disposal Co., Inc.) (Dayton, OH)
• Davisville Naval Construction Battalion Center (North Kingstown, RI)
• Sikes Disposal Pits (Crosby, TX)