The Burnt Fly Bog Superfund Site is located in Marlboro Township in Monmouth County, New Jersey.

Human health concerns were a main part of the EPA getting involved because residents lived only about 1,000 to 2,000 feet around the site.

Major components of the remedy included excavation and off-site disposal of contaminated soil from Northerly Wetlands, Tar Patch Area.

The back filling of the areas addressed, monitoring of the surface water and sediments, and biological sampling in the Westerly Wetlands.

[1][2][3] Burnt Fly Bog is a rural area covering about 1,700 acres (690 ha) of Marlboro Township, Monmouth County.

Burnt Fly Bog consists of an Uplands Area and Westerly Wetlands where most of the waste was dumped.

The EPA did win a case against Ace-Manzo making them the main cause for the creation of the Superfund site.

The state recovered about $1.9 million from a federal lawsuit which held Dominick and Carmella Manzo responsible for the dumping of hazardous materials and waste in Burnt Fly Bog, however, it was purchased with the contamination.

[8][9] The site was addressed in four stages, one immediate action and three long-term remedial phases which were to focus on clean-up of the Uplands Area and Westerly Wetlands.

The immediate action focused on installing a security fence around the lagoons that contained the oils and sludge to hold back any contents.

The chemicals that flooded the lagoons and land caused health issues for the people surrounding the area.

Lead is a heavy, blue-gray metal commonly found in pigments/paints, pipes, cable covers, and storage batteries.

Lead exposure can cause weakness in joints and muscles, and it can severely damage the brain and kidneys in either children or adults.

The initial cleanup started in 1982 where the EPA repaired an earth mound to hold back the contents of the lagoons.

A fence was put in place around the site for removal of the contaminated soil and sludge in the Uplands Area.