EPA Fulfills Statutory Obligation, Completes Reviews at 32 Superfund Sites Across New Jersey, New York and Puerto Rico
New York, N.Y. - U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has fulfilled its statutory obligation and completed required comprehensive site cleanup reviews, known as "five-year reviews," for 32 Superfund sites on the National Priorities List across New Jersey, New York and Puerto Rico during 2025.
As required by law, every five years EPA conducts reviews at Superfund sites following the implementation of a cleanup. This comprehensive review of previous work helps ensure that EPA continues to evaluate the performance of cleanup efforts and determines whether any further action to protect human health and the environment is required.
The five-year review for each of the sites are available on EPA's website. These reviews concluded that the remedies continue to be effective in protecting human health and the environment and made recommendations for follow up actions where needed.
Completed Five Year Reviews in Year 2025:
New Jersey
Asbestos Dump - Millington/Meyersville, Morris County
Chemsol, Inc - Middlesex County
Ellis Property - Burlington County
Global Sanitary Landfill - Old Bridge Township, Middlesex County
Helen Kramer Landfill - Gloucester County
Hercules Inc - Gibbstown Plant - Gibbstown, Gloucester County
Imperial Oil - Monmouth County
Jackson Township Landfill - Burlington County
Johnson & Towers - Mount Laurel, Burlington County
King of Prussia - Winslow Township, Camden County
Montgomery Township Housing Development and Rocky Hill Municipal Well Sites – Montgomery Township
Rockaway Borough Well - Rockaway Borough
Rockaway Township Wells - Morris County
New York
Carroll & Dubies Sewage Disposal - Town of Deerpark, Orange County
Circuitron Corp - East Farmingdale, Suffolk County
Colesville Municipal Landfill - Broome County, Town of Colesville
FMC (Dublin Road Landfill) - Township of Ridgeway and Shelby, Orleans County
Genzale Plating Co - Nassau County
General Motors (Central Foundry Division) – Franklin County
Hertel Landfill - Ulster County
Kentucky Avenue Well Field - Chemung County
Lawrence Aviation - Port Jefferson Station, Suffolk County
LI Tungsten Corp - Nassau County
Mattiace Petrochemical Co. - Nassau County
Onondaga Lake - Various Cleanup Actions - Onondaga County
Ramapo Landfill - Rockland County, Town of Ramapo
Volney Municipal Landfill - Oswego County
Puerto Rico
Barceloneta Landfill - Barceloneta
Vega Baja Solid Waste Disposal - Vega Baja
Background
The Superfund program, a federal program established by Congress in 1980, investigates and cleans up the most complex, uncontrolled, or abandoned hazardous waste sites in the country and endeavors to facilitate activities to return them to productive use. There are many phases of the Superfund cleanup process, including considering future use and redevelopment at sites and conducting post cleanup monitoring of sites.
Throughout the process of designing and constructing a cleanup at a hazardous waste site, EPA's primary goal is to protect human health and the environment, the agency’s core mission. EPA is required by statute to review the sites every five years after the cleanup is in place. It is important for EPA to regularly check to ensure the cleanup is working properly. These reviews confirm that the remedies put in place continue to be effective or identify any issues (that may affect the protectiveness of the cleanup and, if necessary, recommend action(s) to address them.
For more information about EPA's Superfund program, visit www.epa.gov/superfund.
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