burnt fly bog

TYLERS LANE

Burnt Fly Bog is located in a semi-rural area and covers about 1,700 acres, mostly in Marlboro Township, Monmouth County, but extending into Old Bridge Township in Middlesex County. It is located on the periphery of the New Jersey Pine Barrens. An auto salvage yard, a few scattered residences, and a horse farm are located nearby. Contamination of a portion of the Bog began during the 1950s and the early 1960s, with the direct dumping and spreading of hazardous materials resulting from recycled waste oil operations. The area of contamination was later designated as a Superfund site, which became known as the Burnt Fly Bog Superfund site. The Burnt Fly Bog site is divided into two major areas of contamination, namely, the Uplands Area and the Westerly Wetlands. In the portion referred to as the Uplands Area, lagoons were constructed and used to store reprocessed waste oil. Under several owners, these facilities were allowed to degenerate, leaving several waste oil lagoons containing residual oil sludges and aqueous wastes, contaminated waste piles, drummed wastes, and areas of contaminated soil resulting from associated waste oil reprocessing activities. In addition to the oil reprocessing activities, the site was also the former location of a landfill and dump, located north of the Uplands Area. Uncontrolled discharges from the Uplands Area waste sources have resulted in surface water and soil contamination moving downstream into the adjoining Westerly Wetlands. The Westerly Wetlands is located in a groundwater discharge area of the Englishtown Aquifer, where groundwater flows to the surface and ultimately drains into Deep Run via Burnt Fly Brook. The nearest people are located about 1,000 feet away from the site and the nearest well is 200 feet away. Streams and wetlands drain the site and surface water is used for recreation.