ADJ. TO DELAWARE RIVER 1/2 MI. SOUTH OF
The Site is located off of Milford-Frenchtown Road, just south of a vacant paper mill, at Block 17.01 Lot 1 in Alexandria Township, Hunterdon County, New Jersey. It is an abandoned, inactive landfill situated along the Delaware River between the river and Milford-Frenchtown Road. The ten-acre landfill has an estimated 1,500 feet of frontage directly on the eastern shore of the Delaware River and is an estimated 400 feet wide at its greatest width. It is situated adjacent to the northernmost section of the Delaware and Raritan Canal State Park. The Delaware and Raritan Canal foot path and a corn field bound the site to the east. The closest residences are situated approximately 0.3 miles north of the Site. Waste deposition activities at the site began in the late 1930s and continued until the early 1970s. Background information indicates that the site has been inactive since that time. The landfill was used by previous owners for the deposition of wastes generated at a paper mill. Waste materials from an adjacent paper mill, as well as from other mills that operated in the area, were deposited in the landfill. These paper mill-related wastes include flyash from coal burning; drums containing press room wastes such as varnish, shellac, methyl ethyl ketone, inks, and dyes; as well as paper fiber sludge and rolls of aluminum foil-laminated paper. The landfill also contains steel and fiber barrels and pallets; construction and demolition debris such as concrete, duct work, piping, and machinery parts; and household garbage and rubbish including appliances and furniture.
918 |
People living within a 1 mile radius |
$119,926 |
Average Income |
356 |
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