superfund News
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EPA proposes astoria marine construction company site for national priorities list
Today, EPA proposed the Astoria Marine Construction Company (AMCC) site, located in Astoria, Oregon, to the National Priorities List, the Agency’s list of the most contaminated sites in the nation. The site occupies approximately eight acres of low-lying land adjacent to tidal flats. If listed as proposed, the site will be cleaned up under the agency’s cleanup program known as ...
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Jose Font Selected to Direct EPA’s Caribbean Environmental Protection Division
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced today that Jose Font has been selected to lead the EPA’s Caribbean Environmental Protection Division, covering Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. The division serves as the primary liaison on environmental issues and problems with the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and Territory of the Virgin Islands governments, as well as with the ...
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EPA plans to develop interim preliminary remediation goals for dioxin in soil
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is seeking public comment on a plan to develop interim preliminary remediation goals (PRGs) for dioxin in soil at Superfund sites. The plan includes a review of current dioxin cleanup guidance that has been established by the EPA, states and other countries, including the latest fully peer-reviewed dioxin toxicity assessments. EPA will release the draft ...
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EPA Adds Six Hazardous Sites to Superfund List
Untitled Document WASHINGTON, DC, April 20, 2006 (ENS) - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is adding six new hazardous waste sites that pose risks to human health and the environment to the National Priorities List of Superfund sites, bringing the total number of sites on the list to 1,244. EPA is also proposing to add four other sites to the list. Contaminants found at ...
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EPA regional administrator and Congressmember frank Pallone tour superfund sites in Central New Jersey; EPA finishes cleanup of soil at imperial oil superfund site in Morganville using $33 million in ARRA funds; uses $5 million in ARRA funds to complete s
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Regional Administrator Judith A. Enck and Congressmember Frank Pallone were in Morganville, N.J. today to announce the completion of a $50 million contaminated soil cleanup, which clears the way for the redevelopment of the property. The site received $33 million in new funding through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) to accelerate the ...
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EPA Finalizes Cleanup Plan for the Clearview Landfill Portion of Lower Darby Creek Area Superfund Site
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has finalized the cleanup plan to address the contaminated waste and soils portion in the Clearview Landfill which is part of the Lower Darby Creek Area (LDCA) Superfund Site. The LDCA Superfund site is comprised of two landfills, the Clearview Landfill situated in both Delaware and Philadelphia Counties and the Folcroft Landfill in Folcroft Borough, Pa. ...
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New Technology Could Lead to Dramatic Advances in Superfund Cleanups of Rivers
There have been many technological advances since the Superfund program was established, reports the New York Times, and many believe these advances will greatly improve the program’s chances of success when dealing with contaminated rivers. In the past, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) avoided cleaning up polluted waterways, because the process was too expensive, difficult, and ...
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EPA recovers a quarter million dollars in cleanup costs at H.M. Quackenbush site in Herkimer, N.Y., after EPA removed tons of toxic waste and sludge
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has reached a settlement with Frederick H. Hager, the former Chief Executive Officer, Chairman and majority shareholder of H.M. Quackenbush, Inc. for EPA’s cleanup work at the H.M. Quackenbush Superfund site in the Village of Herkimer, New York. The 1.5-acre property was a manufacturing and metal plating factory between 1874 and 2005. In 2006, ...
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EPA identifies three industries for financial obligations in cleanup of environmental releases
Action is a first step to ensure owners of these facilities, not taxpayers, foot bill for the cleanup of environmental releases WASHINGTON – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has taken a significant step in an effort to help reduce the need for federal taxpayers to fund the cleanup of environmental releases. The agency has identified three additional industry sectors for which it will ...
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Steve Leifer to Lead Environmental Team at Baker Botts L.L.P.
New Department Chair to Continue Building on Success of Firm's National, International Practice HOUSTON - Steve Leifer, the new Environmental Department chair for Baker Botts L.L.P., plans to continue building on the success of the firm's national and international environmental practice. "One key challenge facing our environmental team is to expand our global footprint while at the same time ...
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LOCUS DELIVERS U.S. EPA SUPERFUND DATA THROUGH ePORTAL AND GOOGLE™ MAPS MASHUP
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., April 2, 2007 - Locus Technologies (Locus), the industry leader in Web-based environmental data and information management services, announced today that it has expanded its hugely popular Web-based LocusFocus ePortal Google™ Maps Mashup to include U.S. Environmental Protection Agency data. With Locus’s portal toolset and Google’s Map API (application program interface), ...
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Conservationists Sue to Make Defunct Miners Pay for Cleanups
WASHINGTON, DC, November 6, 2007 (ENS) - Conservation groups have filed a 60 day notice of their intent to sue the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, for failure to establish financial assurance regulations for facilities that handle hazardous substances. Annoucing the legal action on Tuesday, the groups said they want to make it harder for mining and other polluting industries to skip ...
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Penn Medicine Receives Superfund Research Program Award of $10 Million to Study the Adverse Health Effects and Remediation of Asbestos
Researchers at the Center of Excellence in Environmental Toxicology (CEET), Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, have been awarded a $10 million grant from the National Institute for Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) over the next four years to study asbestos exposure pathways that lead to mesothelioma, the bioremediation of this hazardous material, and mechanisms ...
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EPA to Update Community on Toms River, NJ Superfund Site
On February 4, 2014, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will hold a public meeting to discuss how a new scientific study about a previously unknown contaminant relates to the ongoing cleanup at the Reich Farm Superfund site in Toms River formerly Dover, Ocean County, NJ. The EPA will be joined by scientists from the National Toxicology Program to discuss the study. EPA does not plan to make ...
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New online forum increases public’s access to EPA
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has launched an online discussion forum designed to enhance communication between EPA and the public on contaminated sites, waste management, and recycling issues. The forum, which is a public comment board, is another important component in EPA’s ongoing efforts to increase transparency and public engagement. The first four discussion topics on the new ...
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EPA releases final health assessment for TCE
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today released the final health assessment for trichloroethylene (TCE) to the Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS) database. IRIS is a human health assessment program that evaluates the latest science on chemicals in our environment. The final assessment characterizes the chemical as carcinogenic to humans and as a human noncancer health hazard. ...
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Superfund Job Training Program Provides Opportunities for Syracuse Residents at Hazardous Waste Cleanups; Many Graduates to Work on Cleanup of Onondaga Lake
Tonight, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Regional Administrator Judith A. Enck will recognize the newest graduates of an EPA job training program designed to prepare students to fill jobs related to the cleanup of the Onondaga Lake Superfund site. EPA’s Superfund Job Training Initiative provides free job training to people living in communities affected by toxic waste sites. After ...
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EPA Finalizes Cleanup Plan for Cidra, Puerto Rico Superfund Site
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has finalized its plan to clean up contaminated soil and groundwater at the Cidra Groundwater Contamination site in Cidra, Puerto Rico. The site includes portions of the Cidra commercial district and an industrial park in Cidra. The EPA is requiring a combination of cleanup technologies to address the contamination within distinct areas of the site, ...
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EPA estimates on toxicity of Libby Asbestos available for public comment and independent scientist review
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is providing the public with an opportunity to comment on draft toxicity values for a unique form of asbestos called Libby Amphibole asbestos. The toxicity assessment provides a toxicological review of a specific type of asbestos found in northwest Montana and proposes draft toxicity values for both cancer and non-cancer health effects. When final, ...
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Specialists remove hazardous toxins from one of the most contaminated soil & groundwater sites in US
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Shell Oil Company have removed more than 23,000 pounds of hazardous toxins from the Del Amo Superfund Site Waste Pits near Torrance, Calif. With EPA oversight, responsible parties Shell Oil Company and the U.S. General Services Administration built a soil vapor extraction system at the Del Amo Waste Pits and have been successfully operating it for one ...
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