The discovery led the township's Office of Emergency Management to establish evacuation routes from the site for residents within a one-mile radius in both Howell and Farmingdale in case of an emergency despite the "very low" risk of the release of any potentially hazardous material. The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection’s Bureau of Emergency Response found 200-300 drums and containers on the property, many of which are bulging, rusting, denting, or leaking. They also discovered materials spilled on the ground, open drums and solid waste. Their initial examination of the property found "large quantities" of 55-gallon drums and smaller containers around the property.
9 on the Farmingdale border, the Monmouth County Department of Health was called in to investigate. HOWELL - Residents have been notified that they might need to evacuate as a result of an illegal chemical dump discovered after a fire at a former chemical manufacturing site in February.Īfter firefighters smelled a chemical odor during a fire at the former Compounders site on Marl Road on Feb.
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