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Settlement Nets $5.7 Million for Cleanup Costs at A.C. Lawrence Superfund Site in S. Paris, Maine
Today, the United States, on behalf of the Environmental Protection Agency, settled a lawsuit against ConAgra Grocery Products Company, LLC (“ConAgra”), which will pay $5.7 million to reimburse EPA for cleanup costs at the A.C. Lawrence Leather Company Sludge Lagoons Superfund Site in South Paris, Maine. From at least 1955 to 1975, the A.C. Lawrence Leather Company disposed of ...
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EPA Proposes to Add Radioactive Site in Ridgewood, Queens to its Superfund list of the country’s most hazardous waste sites
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today proposed to add the Wolff-Alport Chemical Company site in the Ridgewood section of Queens, New York to its Superfund list of the country’s most hazardous waste sites. The soil and some nearby sewers are contaminated by residual radioactive contamination from past industrial activities at the site. Testing indicates that there is no immediate ...
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EPA adds garfield ground water contamination site in Garfield, NJ to the superfund list; 500 homes and businesses inspected for contamination by hexavalent chromium
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today announced its decision to add the Garfield Ground Water Contamination site in Garfield, New Jersey to its Superfund National Priorities List of the country’s most hazardous waste sites. Ground water contaminated with the chemical hexavalent chromium is seeping into basements in some Garfield homes and businesses. Hexavalent chromium is ...
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Last Contaminant Test for Buildings Near World Trade Center
NEW YORK, New York, (ENS) - As a final response to the events of September 11, 2001, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, has announced a $7 million program to test indoor spaces in Lower Manhattan near the World Trade Center towers hit by terrorist air strikes on September 11, 2001. Registration for the program will begin mid-January and run for two months. Testing of interior spaces ...
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EPA Finalizes Cleanup Plan to Remove Lead at Raritan Bay Superfund Site in Old Bridge and Sayreville, New Jersey; $79 Million Cleanup Will Remove Lead from Popular Beach and Public Park
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has finalized a plan to clean up lead contamination at the Raritan Bay Slag Superfund site in Old Bridge and Sayreville, New Jersey. EPA Regional Administrator Judith A. Enck announced the plan today at the site in Old Bridge, New Jersey. She was joined by Congressmember Frank Pallone and Old Bridge Mayor Owen Henry. Lead is a toxic metal that is ...
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