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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency proposed a settlement with the Stepan Chemical Company to address contaminated soil at a Superfund site in Bergen County, New Jersey. The proposal suggests that the potentially responsible party, Stepan Company, remove and dispose of the contaminated soil from several non-residential properties at the Maywood Chemical Company Superfund Site. The estimated cost of this cleanup is $8.6 million.
Maywood Chemical Company processed radioactive thorium ore on site from 1916 through 1955. Workers used chemical waste materials as fill on site and in nearby properties.
Stepan Company bought Maywood Chemical Works in 1959 and remains the current owner of the property. Stepan Company agreed to the EPA’s cleanup plan and has already completed cleanup for several residential properties in the area.