The EPA Superfund Program and Price's Landfill

This blog features information on the Environmental Protection Agency's Superfund program, and specifically Price's Landfill (AKA Price's Pit), a one of the earliest Superfund sites, located on the border of Egg Harbor Township and the City of Pleasantville in Atlantic County, New Jersey.

This information was gathered as part of a project for completion of the Stockton College's Environmental Science Professional Science Master's Program.

The Information contained here represents both factual records of the site and the Superfund process, as well as the author's opinion on Superfund and the remediation of this site.

For more information on resources listed on this blog please contact the author.

Please click on the subject outline below for the project's narrative.

Monday, April 25, 2011

References and Resource Links

Diamond, M. (1980, December 23). U.S. Sues Toxic Dump Owners. The Press of Atlantic City, pp. 1, 3.

Donohue, J. (1979, December 18). Price’s Pit Evolution of a Dump Site. The Press of Atlantic City, pp. 1, 3.

Donohue, J. (1980, December 17). Toxic Chemicals Seep Towards Water Supply. The Press of Atlantic City, pp. 1, 10.

Donohue, J. (1983, March, 24). EPA Plans All New Wells for Resort. The Press of Atlantic City, pp. 1, 18.

Environmental Protection Agency. (1986). EPA Superfund Record of Decision: Price’s Landfill (EPA/ROD/R02-86/035). New York, NY: EPA Region 2 Office.

Environmental Protection Agency. (2010). Price’s Landfill: Site Summary (EPA ID#: NJD070281175). New York, NY: EPA Region 2 Office.

Environmental Protection Agency. (2010). Community Update: Price’s Landfill Superfund Site (December 2010). New York, NY: EPA Region 2 Office.

Environmental Protection Agency. (February 28, 2011). Superfund – Basic Information. Retrieved April 2, 2011, from http://www.epa.gov/superfund/about.htm


Environmental Protection Agency. (February 28, 2011). Superfund – Cleanup Process. Retrieved April 2, 2011, from http://www.epa.gov/superfund/cleanup/index.htm


Environmental Protection Agency. (October 20, 2008). Lead Health Effects. Retrieved April 2, 2011, from http://www.epa.gov/reg5rcra/ptb/lead/healtheffects.htm


Environmental Protection Agency. (November 6, 2007). Methyl chloroform (1,1,1-Trichloroethane). Retrieved April 2, 2011, from http://www.epa.gov/ttnatw01/hlthef/trichlor.html


Environmental Protection Agency. (October 13, 2010). Basic Information about Dichloromethane in Drinking Water. Retrieved April 2, 2011, from http://water.epa.gov/drink/contaminants/basicinformation/dichloromethane.cfm


Environmental Protection Agency. (June 14, 2010). Basic Information about Benzene in Drinking Water. Retrieved April 2, 2011, from http://water.epa.gov/drink/contaminants/basicinformation/benzene.cfm


Environmental Protection Agency. (October 13, 2010). Basic Information about Vinyl Chloride in Drinking Water. Retrieved April 2, 2011, from
http://water.epa.gov/drink/contaminants/basicinformation/vinyl-chloride.cfm


Environmental Protection Agency. Consumer Fact Sheet on: Cadmium. Retrieved April 2, 2011, from http://www.epa.gov/ogwdw000/pdfs/factsheets/ioc/cadmium.pdf


Environmental Protection Agency. (March 25, 2011). CERCLA Overview. Retrieved April 2, 2011, from http://www.epa.gov/superfund/policy/cercla.htm


Environmental Protection Agency. (March 25, 2011). How Sites are Placed on the NPL. Retrieved April 2, 2011, from http://www.epa.gov/superfund/programs/npl_hrs/nplon.htm

Environmental Protection Agency. (March 25, 2011). Introduction to the Hazard Ranking System. Retrieved April 2, 2011, from http://www.epa.gov/superfund/programs/npl_hrs/hrsint.htm


Grady, D. (1982, March). Troubled Waters in Atlantic City. Discover, 76-79.

Harper, D. (2010, May 26). Federal stimulus funds to build $16.4 million cleanup plant for Pleasantville's 'Price's Pit,' a former Superfund site. The Press of Atlantic City.

Harper, D. (2010, June 8). As cleanup nears, neighbors of Price's Pit superfund site still worry about long-term health effects. The Press of Atlantic City.

Janson, D. (1981, November 3). Atlantic City Rushing to Move Wells. The New York Times, pp. B1, B2.

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