goose farm

RT. 539 BETWEEN RTS 537 & 528

The 6.6 acre Goose Farm site was used as a hazardous waste disposal area from the mid-1940s to the mid-1970s by a manufacturer of polysulfide rubber and solid rocket fuel propellant. The majority of wastes were dumped into a pit dug through fine sand. Waste chemicals from laboratories, drums, and bulk liquids were dumped into the pit. In 1980, the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) found that a contaminant plume that originated in the waste pit area had migrated north in the groundwater toward a nearby stream. Also, soil was found to contain volatile organic compounds (VOCs), semi-volatile organic compounds (SVOCs) and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs). Approximately 1,000 residences are located within a 1-mile radius of the Goose Farm site. An unnamed stream on the site flows into Lahaway Creek, a tributary of the Delaware River, which is used for recreational activities. The site is adjacent to a forested area. Site Responsibility: This site is being addressed through Federal, State, and potentially responsible party actions.

• Woodstock Municipal Landfill (Woodstock, IL)
• Kin-buc Landfill (Edison Township, NJ)
• Hidden Valley Landfill (thun Field) (Pierce County, WA)
• Novak Sanitary Landfill (South Whitehall Township, PA)
• Lindane Dump (Harrison Township, PA)

• Port Washington Landfill (Port Washington, NY)
• E.h. Schilling Landfill (Hamilton Township, OH)
• Operating Industries, Inc., Landfill (Monterey Park, CA)
• Osborne Landfill (Grove City, PA)