LIGHTMAN DRUM COMPANY
WINSLOW TOWNSHIP, NJ
Superfund Site Profile
Site Contacts
Community Involvement Coordinator
Shereen Kandil
(212) 637-4333
Remedial Project Manager
Renee Gelblat
(212) 637-4414
Site Location
Street Address:ROUTE 73
WINSLOW TOWNSHIP, NJ 08009
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Background
The Lightman Drum Company site covers about 15 acres along Route 73 in Winslow Township, Camden County, New Jersey. The Lightman Drum Company operated an industrial waste hauling and drum reclamation business at the site from 1974 to 1979. The company stored chemical residues in underground storage tanks, drums, and trailers. The company also emptied drums into a pit in a wooded area on the property.
Facility operations contaminated soil and groundwater with hazardous chemicals, including chemical powders, pesticides, waste oil, oil sludges, paints, pigment, thinner, ink, residues, ketones, alcohols, and mixed solvents.
The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) asked EPA ...
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