The Brick Township Landfill was in operation for more than 30 years accepting sewage, septage, solids, bulk liquids, and many other types of wastes. The site is located in the Herbertsville section of Brick Township, New Jersey between the Garden State Parkway and Sally Ike Road. The site ceased operations in May of 1979 and in 1981 the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) performed a site inspection to assess the condition of the inactive site. The site was historically operated as McCormick’s Dump, French’s Landfill, and Brick Township Landfill. During this inspection, approximately 150 55-gallon drums were observed, several of them overturned and emptied onto the landfill surface. While all of the drums were not labeled, examples of drum labeling includes engine oil, lubricants, automatic transmission fluid, and anti-freeze. The NJDEP directed Brick Township to clean up the spills and later, as part of an Administrative Consent Order, to sample and properly dispose of these above-ground drums. Currently the site is not in business and has not been for over 30 years. Brick Township Landfill remains on the NPL with remediation still going on (Brick township landfill, 2008).
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