The Army’s Base Realignment and Closure Office (U.S. Army) has prepared Proposed Plans (PP) for Fort Monmouth Landfill Sites that support Record of Decision (ROD) amendments for various landfills at Fort Monmouth. There is a PP for a ROD Amendment covering landfill sites FTMM-02 and FTMM-08 and there is a PP for a ROD Amendment covering landfill sites FTMM-03, FTMM-04, FTMM-05, FTMM-12, FTMM-14, FTMM-1B and FTMM-25, located at Fort Monmouth (FTMM) in the Boroughs of Oceanport, Eatontown and Tinton Falls, Monmouth County, New Jersey. The U.S. Army is the lead agency for FTMM in accordance with the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) and Executive Order 12580. The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) is the state support agency under the National Contingency Plan for FTMM.
The needs for additional remedial actions were identified during implementation of the remedies selected per the two 2017 RODs (Record of Decision (ROD) for Landfill sites FTMM-03, FTMM-04, FTMM-05, FTMM-12, FTMM-14, FTMM-18 and FTMM-25 at Fort Monmouth, Oceanport, Monmouth County, New Jersey (July 17, 2017) and Record of Decision (ROD) for Landfill sites FTMM-02 and FTMM-08 at Fort Monmouth, Oceanport, Monmouth County, New Jersey (October 18, 2017). The original remedies selected containment, in accordance with EPA guidance on the presumptive remedy for military/municipal landfills. The Army constructed a Resource Conservation and Recovery Act Subtitle 0-compliant cap for the landfills, covering all landfill waste without realizing a portion of some of the caps were placed on property not owned by the Army. After careful review of the site conditions, in consultation with property owners and the NJDEP, the Army is presenting a second set of preferred remedies to address the landfill exceedances, on those portions of the landfills where waste is on property not owned by the Army. The preferred alternative for select discrete areas is excavation and off site disposal {FTMM-02, FTMM-04 and FTMM-14) and for other select discrete areas is placement of deed notice on property not owned by the Army (FTMM-08, FTMM-12 and FTMM- 25). Landfill caps at FTMM-03, FTMM-05 and FTMM-18 were constructed all within Army property and followed the remedy identified in the original ROD (July 2017).
The Proposed Plans and Administrative Record, which includes documentation used for selecting the preferred alternative for these sites can be viewed at the Fort Monmouth Environmental Restoration Public Information Repository (the Administrative Record) at the following location: Monmouth County Library, Eastern Branch, 1001 Route 35, Shrewsbury, NJ 07702, Phone: (732) 683-8980. The Proposed Plans for the ROD Amendments can also be viewed online:
Proposed Plan For Landfill Sites FTMM-02 and FTMM-08 at Fort Monmouth.
The U.S. Army invites public comment on the Proposed Plans. Written comments will be accepted during a 30-day comment period starting July 31, 2025 and ending August 29, 2025. All comments must be postmarked by August 27, 2025.