CHARLES PRICE ET AL., (PRICES LANDFILL) FILED CIVIL ACTION #80-4104, ON 12/22/80 IN THE U.S. DIST CT FOR N.J. THE 22 ACRE PRICES LANDFILL IS LOCATED 6 MILES NW OF ATLANTIC CITY, NJ. THE SITE IS ON THE PROPOSED NPL. ACCORDING TO THE COMPLAINT, WASTES DISPOSED OF AT THE LANDFILL HAVE LEACHED THRU UNDERLYING SAND DEPOSITS INTO GROUNNDWATER, & ARE CONTAMINATING NEARBY RESIDENTIAL DRINKING WATER WELLS. ADDITIONALLY, WASTES ARE LIKELY TO ENTER THE PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY WELLS OF ATLANTIC CITY LOCATED DOWN GRADIENT FROM THE LANDFILL. THE CURRENTLY INACTIVE SITE IS RECTANGULAR IN SHAPE & WAS FORMED BY SAND & GRAVEL MINING. SURROUNDING GEOLOGY IS HIGHLY PERMEABLE UNCONSOLIDATED SAND, & GROUNDWATER IS GENERALLY 10-20 FT BELOW THE SURFACE. THE AREA IS DEVOID OF VEGETATION, & A NUMBER OF LEACHATE SEEPS EMIT EASILY DETECTED CHEMICAL & GARBAGE ODORS. 89 PEOPLE LIVE W/IN 1 MILE OF THE LANDFILL. THESE PERSONS OBTAIN THEIR DRINKING WATER FROM 37 20-?0?0100 FT DEEP PRIVATE WELLS. TO THE NE & EAST OF THE LANDFILL IS THE ATLANTIC CITY WELL FIELD. THE FIELD CONSISTS OF 12 WELLS FROM 60-600 FT IN DEPTH, W/ THE CLOSEST WELL BEING 3400 FT FROM PRICE'S. ACCORDING TO THE COMPLAINT, THESE PRIVATE WELLS HAVE BEEN CONTAMINATED & THE ATLANTIC CITY WELL FIELD IS THREATENED BY CONTAMINATION. WASTES DISPOSED OF AT THE LANDFILL INCLUDE INDUSTRIAL CHEMICALS, SEPTIC TANK & SEWER WASTES, SLUDGE, GREASE & OIL. S