The following Fact Sheet was prepared in September 2009. Click here for more current information.
This Fact Sheet has been prepared in accordance with the NJDEP's Technical Requirements for Site Remediation as they pertain to Public Notification and Outreach (N.J.A.C. 7:26E-1.4), and also as part of BP's on-going effort to keep the Paulsboro community informed of progress with environmental investigation and cleanup at the Site. This Fact Sheet summarizes information that has been provided on this website, in newsletters, at public meetings and in the various reports which have been prepared and submitted to the NJDEP. If you have any questions regarding the information provided, BP and NJDEP contacts are provided in the Fact Sheet.
Public Notice Fact Sheet
BP Former Paulsboro Terminal
303 Mantua Ave., Paulsboro, Gloucester County, NJ
Site Location
BP Former Paulsboro Terminal
303 Mantua Ave.
Paulsboro, Gloucester County, New Jersey
Tax Block 1, Lots 2, 4-6, 8, 21-23; Tax Block 1.07, Lots 20, 23, 26-44; Tax Block 1.14, Lots 45-50; Tax Block 2, Lots 9-11
Site Information
Preferred Program Interest Name: BP Oil Inc Paulsboro Terminal
Preferred Program Interest Number (Preferred ID#): 004975
NJDEP Case Number: E95444
Release Information: Environmental investigations were initiated at the Site in 1979 with the installation of monitoring wells pursuant to an NJDEP directive to evaluate secondary containment features, which identified free product on groundwater. Subsequent remedial investigation activities identified, characterized, and delineated petroleum hydrocarbon and specialty chemical impacts to soil and groundwater as a result of the historic operations at the Site. A final Remedial Investigation Report was submitted to NJDEP in August 2007, and approved in December 2007 (following minor amendment). Residual chemical constituents in soil are confined within the Site boundaries; and chemical constituents in groundwater are delineated within an approximately 700 acre area surrounding the Site. Summaries of the soil and groundwater data are provided in the tables below.
Description of Actions Taken to Minimize Impact to Public: Remedial investigation activities have delineated soil impacts within the Site boundaries; have delineated groundwater impacts and demonstrated protection of groundwater use receptors; and have included potential vapor intrusion evaluation to demonstrate protection of potential receptors. Interim remedial measures (IRM) implemented at the Site since the 1980s have included: free product removal, groundwater extraction and containment, soil vapor extraction and air sparging, and soil excavation and disposal/treatment. A Remedial Action Selection Report (RASR) was submitted to NJDEP in August 2007, and approved in March 2008 (following minor amendment). The RASR selected the appropriate final remedial technologies and strategies to be employed for Site cleanup. Individual Remedial Action Workplans (RAWs) are being prepared and submitted to the NJDEP which present the details for the planned remediation activities in various areas, or Remedial Management Units (RMUs), at the Site.
To date, seven RAWs, out of 13 total, have been submitted to the NJDEP, which have focused on Site-wide groundwater, former stormwater management basins, and planned soil excavation remedies for the Site. Six of these seven initial RAWs have been approved by the NJDEP (between February and August 2009). The remaining six RAWs are planned to be submitted to NJDEP during 2009, which will focus on planned onsite, in-situ remediation activities. In addition to active remediation of Site soil and groundwater impacts, minimization of potential impact to the public will include institutional controls (Deed Notice) and property use restrictions, including engineering controls (i.e. surface covers / capping).
The current soil and groundwater data indicates that the Site poses no public health threats to the nearby communities.
Notice/Contact Information
Atlantic Richfield Company
| New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection Office of Community Relations |
Sasa Jazic Atlantic Richfield Company (a BP affiliated company) 28100 Torch Parkway Mail Code 2-S Warrenville IL 60555 Tel: 630-386-1620 | Division of Remediation Support New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection 401 East State Street, 6th Floor P.O.Box 413 Trenton, NJ 08625-0413 Attention: Office of Community Relations
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Table 1: Primary Chemical Constituents in Soil (1982-2008)
Chemical of Concern | Minimum Concentration above SCC | Units | Maximum Concentration above SCC | Units | NJDEP SCC/SRS | Units |
1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene | 88.5 | mg/kg | 11300 | mg/kg | 68 | mg/kg |
1,2-Dibromoethane (Ethylene dibromide) | 0.413 | mg/kg | 10.3 | mg/kg | 0.008 | mg/kg |
1,2-Dichlorobenzene | 72 | mg/kg | 9710 | mg/kg | 50 | mg/kg |
1,2-Dichloroethane | 1.3 | mg/kg | 3300 | mg/kg | 0.9 | mg/kg |
1,3-Dichlorobenzene | 5230 | mg/kg | 5780 | mg/kg | 100 | mg/kg |
1,4-Dichlorobenzene | 8.92 | mg/kg | 10700 | mg/kg | 5 | mg/kg |
Aroclor 1254 | 0.658 | mg/kg | 7.09 | mg/kg | 0.49 | mg/kg |
Aroclor 1260 | 0.5 | mg/kg | 4.19 | mg/kg | 0.49 | mg/kg |
Arsenic | 20.8 | mg/kg | 118 | mg/kg | 20 | mg/kg |
Benzene | 1.01 | mg/kg | 1500 | mg/kg | 1 | mg/kg |
Benzo[a]anthracene | 0.973 | mg/kg | 102 | mg/kg | 0.9 | mg/kg |
Benzo[a]pyrene | 0.68 | mg/kg | 69.4 | mg/kg | 0.66 | mg/kg |
Benzo[b]fluoranthene | 0.907 | mg/kg | 40.2 | mg/kg | 0.9 | mg/kg |
Benzo[k]fluoranthene | 0.906 | mg/kg | 17.5 | mg/kg | 0.9 | mg/kg |
Beryllium | 2.1 | mg/kg | 9.5 | mg/kg | 2 | mg/kg |
bis(2-Ethylhexyl)phthalate | 151 | mg/kg | 151 | mg/kg | 49 | mg/kg |
Butyl benzyl phthalate | 162 | mg/kg | 1190 | mg/kg | 100 | mg/kg |
Carbon tetrachloride | 1.1 | mg/kg | 1910 | mg/kg | 1 | mg/kg |
Chlorobenzene | 1.2 | mg/kg | 4850 | mg/kg | 1 | mg/kg |
Chloroform | 0.83 | mg/kg | 2320 | mg/kg | 0.6 | mg/kg |
Chromium | 20.1 | mg/kg | 174 | mg/kg | 20 | mg/kg |
Chrysene | 9.02 | mg/kg | 120 | mg/kg | 9 | mg/kg |
cis-1,2-Dichloroethene | 1.02 | mg/kg | 236 | mg/kg | 1 | mg/kg |
Dibenz[a,h]anthracene | 0.705 | mg/kg | 5 | mg/kg | 0.66 | mg/kg |
Dieldrin | 0.0935 | mg/kg | 1.64 | mg/kg | 0.042 | mg/kg |
Ethylbenzene | 110 | mg/kg | 4530 | mg/kg | 100 | mg/kg |
Fluorene | 109 | mg/kg | 109 | mg/kg | 100 | mg/kg |
Indeno[1,2,3-cd]pyrene | 0.951 | mg/kg | 8.51 | mg/kg | 0.9 | mg/kg |
Lead | 403 | mg/kg | 19300 | mg/kg | 400 | mg/kg |
Methylene chloride | 7.17 | mg/kg | 10.7 | mg/kg | 1 | mg/kg |
Naphthalene | 6.5 | mg/kg | 3660 | mg/kg | 6 | mg/kg |
Naphthalene (by 8270) | 18.4 | mg/kg | 19.6 | mg/kg | 6 | mg/kg |
Nickel | 254 | mg/kg | 254 | mg/kg | 250 | mg/kg |
Phenol | 1010 | mg/kg | 3230 | mg/kg | 50 | mg/kg |
Pyrene | 412 | mg/kg | 412 | mg/kg | 100 | mg/kg |
Styrene | 24.8 | mg/kg | 46.9 | mg/kg | 23 | mg/kg |
Tetrachloroethene (PCE) | 1.1 | mg/kg | 770 | mg/kg | 1 | mg/kg |
Toluene | 550 | mg/kg | 5600 | mg/kg | 500 | mg/kg |
Total TIC, Volatile | 1026 | mg/kg | 1904 | mg/kg | 1000 | mg/kg |
TPH by 418.1 | 10100 | mg/kg | 250000 | mg/kg | 10000 | mg/kg |
Trichloroethene (TCE) | 1.04 | mg/kg | 25.3 | mg/kg | 1 | mg/kg |
Vinyl chloride | 2.55 | mg/kg | 20.2 | mg/kg | 2 | mg/kg |
Xylenes (Total) | 68.4 | mg/kg | 19300 | mg/kg | 67 | mg/kg |
Table 2: Primary Chemical Constituents in Groundwater (since 2000)
Chemical Of Concern | Since 2000 Maximum Concentration | Units | 2008 Maximum Concentration | Units | NJDEP GWQC | Units |
1,1,1-Trichloroethane | 1,200 | ug/l | NA |
| 30 | ug/l |
1,1,2-Trichloroethane | 750 | ug/l | NA |
| 3 | ug/l |
1,1-Dichloroethane | 1,200 | ug/l | NA |
| 50 | ug/L |
1,1-Dichloroethene | 500 | ug/l | 5.9 | ug/l | 2 | ug/l |
1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene | 8,670 | ug/l | NA |
| 9 | ug/l |
1,2-Dibromoethane (Ethylene dibromide) | 2,490 | ug/l | NA |
| 0.05 | ug/l |
1,2-Dichlorobenzene | 3,960 | ug/l | NA |
| 600 | ug/l |
1,2-Dichloroethane | 14,700 | ug/l | 7,500 | ug/l | 2 | ug/l |
1,2-Dichloropropane | 250 | ug/l | 5 | ug/l | 1 | ug/l |
1,4-Dichlorobenzene | 7,800 | ug/l | NA |
| 600 | ug/l |
2-Butanone (MEK) | 126,000 | ug/l | 950 | ug/l | 300 | ug/l |
2-Hexanone | 1,200 | ug/l | NA |
| 100 | ug/l |
2-Methylnaphthalene | 23,900 | ug/l | NA |
| 100 | ug/l |
4,4'-DDD (p,p'-TDE) | 0.11 | ug/l | NA |
| 0.1 | ug/l |
4,4'-DDT | 0.18 | ug/l | NA |
| 0.1 | ug/l |
4-Methyl-2-Pentanone (MIBK) | 1,420 | ug/l | NA |
| 400 | ug/l |
Acetone | 26,000 | ug/l | 26,000 | ug/l | 700 | ug/l |
Antimony | 29 | ug/l | NA |
| 20 | ug/l |
Arsenic | 1,200 | ug/l | 382 | ug/l | 8 | ug/l |
Benzene | 20,200 | ug/l | 3,200 | ug/l | 1 | ug/l |
Benzo[a]anthracene | 4.10 | ug/l | NA |
| 0.2 | ug/l |
Benzo[a]pyrene | 2.60 | ug/l | NA |
| 0.2 | ug/l |
Benzo[b]fluoranthene | 2.60 | ug/l | NA |
| 10 | ug/l |
Benzo[k]fluoranthene | 0.57 | ug/l | NA |
| 1 | ug/l |
bis(2-Ethylhexyl)phthalate | 540 | ug/l | 9 | ug/l | 3 | ug/l |
Bromodichloromethane | 250 | ug/l | 2 | ug/l | 1 | ug/l |
Butyl benzyl phthalate | 406 | ug/l | NA |
| 100 | ug/l |
Carbon disulfide | 1,880 | ug/l | NA |
| 800 | ug/l |
Carbon tetrachloride | 80,300 | ug/l | 17,000 | ug/l | 2 | ug/l |
Chlorobenzene | 546,000 | ug/l | 380,000 | ug/l | 50 | ug/l |
Chloroform | 15,900 | ug/l | 1,600 | ug/l | 6 | ug/l |
Chloromethane (Methyl chloride) | 1,200 | ug/l | NA |
| 30 | ug/l |
Chromium | 9,810 | ug/l | 1,250 | Ug/l | 100 | ug/l |
Chrysene | 11 | ug/l | NA |
| 5 | ug/L |
cis-1,2-Dichloroethene | 2,630 | ug/l | 430 | ug/l | 70 | ug/l |
Dieldrin | 0.11 | ug/l | NA |
| 0.03 | ug/l |
Ethylbenzene | 36,800 | ug/l | 4,000 | ug/l | 700 | ug/l |
Fluorene | 402 | ug/l | NA |
| 300 | ug/l |
Indeno[1,2,3-cd]pyrene | 0.78 | ug/l | NA |
| 10 | ug/l |
Lead | 6,190 | ug/l | 150 | ug/l | 5 | ug/l |
Methyl Tertiary-Butyl Ether (MTBE) | 5,740 | ug/l | 790 | ug/l | 70 | ug/l |
Methylene chloride | 1,760 | ug/l | 160 | ug/l | 2 | ug/l |
Naphthalene | 40,300 | ug/l | 500 | ug/l | 300 | ug/l |
Phenanthrene | 916 | ug/l | NA |
| 100 | ug/l |
Pyrene | 266 | ug/l | NA |
| 200 | ug/l |
Styrene | 1,200 | ug/l | NA |
| 100 | ug/l |
Tertiary-Butyl Alcohol (TBA) | 12,000 | ug/l | 890 | ug/l | 100 | ug/l |
Tetrachloroethene (PCE) | 9,480 | ug/l | 180 | ug/l | 1 | ug/l |
Toluene | 122,000 | ug/l | 26,000 | ug/l | 600 | ug/l |
Total TIC, Semi-Volatile | 5,025 | ug/l | NA |
| 500 | ug/l |
Total TIC, Volatile | 17,800 | ug/l | NA |
| 500 | ug/l |
Trichloroethene (TCE) | 250 | ug/l | 23 | ug/l | 1 | ug/l |
Vinyl chloride | 487 | ug/l | 32 | ug/l | 5 | ug/l |
Xylenes (total) | 280,000 | ug/l | 27,000 | ug/l | 1000 | ug/l |
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Includes all constituents historically detected above NJDEP GWQC in any groundwater sample. |
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Iinformation on the chemicals listed above can be found at:
http://www.epa.gov/superfund/health/index.htm or
http//www.atsdr.cdc.gov/toxfaq.html
Version: 9/2/09
