What is the status of the ash and toxic landfills? Is there a proper liner at every site?
Fort Monmouth operated nine solid waste landfills between 1942 and 1981. The nine closed landfill sites range in size from 1.4 to 7.2 acres with a combined total of 39.9 acres. Waste materials disposed of at the nine landfill sites are described in a report titled “Investigation of Suspected Hazardous Waste Sites at Fort Monmouth, New Jersey (Weston December 1993)”. The nine closed landfill sites have been thoroughly investigated by the Army. The findings from these investigations have been submitted in report form to the NJDEP. NJDEP has recently provided comments to Fort Monmouth on the M-12, M-14 and M-18 Landfills. NJDEP and Fort Monmouth will continue to discuss the landfills in the future as NJDEP reviews the remaining reports. Groundwater and surface water at the nine landfill sites continues to be monitored on a quarterly basis. There are no liners associated with the closed landfills. Liners were not an industry standard at the time of their operation.
