Sharkey Landfill
Parsippany-Troy Hills, New JerseySuperfund sites in New Jersey
Sharkey Landfill is a 90-acre property located in New Jersey along the Rockaway and Whippany rivers in Parsippany, New Jersey. Landfill operations began in 1945, and continued until September 1972, when large amounts of toluene, benzene, chloroform, dichloroethylene, and methylene chloride were found, all of which have are a hazard to human health causing cancer and organ failure. Sharkey Landfill was put on the National Priority List (or NPL) in 1983, and clean up operations ran until the site was deemed as not a threat in 2004.
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Sharkey Road,
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N 40.84766 ° | E -74.348186 ° |
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Parsippany-Troy Hills Sewage Treatment Plant
Sharkey Road
07058
New Jersey, United States
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