superfund News
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EPA Adds Louisiana Site to National Priorities List of Superfund Sites
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is adding the Colonial Creosote site in Washington Parish, LA, to the National Priorities List (NPL) of Superfund sites, a list of sites that pose risks to people’s health and the environment. In a separate action, EPA also proposes to add the SBA Shipyard site in Jennings, La., to the list. “The goal of Superfund programs is to make ...
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EPA Proposes to Add Washington Parish, LA, Creosote Site to National Priorities List of Superfund Sites
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed to add the Colonial Creosote site in Washington Parish, LA, to the National Priorities List (NPL) of Superfund sites, a list of sites that pose risks to people’s health and the environment. Superfund is the federal program that investigates and cleans up the most complex, uncontrolled or abandoned hazardous waste sites in the country and ...
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EPA Region 6 Updates Its National Priorities List of Superfund Sites; One Site Added in Louisiana
The Environmental Protection Agency announced today, with support from the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality, that the EVR-Wood Treating /Evangeline Refining Company site near Jennings, Louisiana, has been added to the National Priorities List (NPL) of Superfund sites. The site, off Highway 97 and one mile north of I-10 in Acadia Parish, was home to wood-treating operations as well ...
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Cleanup complete at Sayreville Landfill superfund site
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has completed the cleanup of the Sayreville Landfill Superfund site in Sayreville, New Jersey and removed it from the Superfund list of the country’s most hazardous waste sites. The soil and ground water at the closed 30-acre landfill were contaminated with volatile organic compounds, cadmium, lead, benzene, arsenic and polycyclic aromatic ...
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EPA Adds Union County, AR, Refinery Site to National Priorities List of Superfund Sites; Seven hazardous waste sites added, five proposed nationally
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today added the MacMillan Ring-Free Oil site in Union County, Arkansas, to the National Priorities List (NPL) of Superfund sites, a list of sites that pose risks to people’s health and the environment. Superfund is the federal program that investigates and cleans up the most complex, uncontrolled or abandoned hazardous waste sites in the country. ...
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EPA Proposes to Add Union County Refinery Site to National Priorities List of Superfund Sites; Nine hazardous waste sites added, eight proposed nationally
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today proposed to add the MacMillan Ring-Free Oil site in Union County, Arkansas, to the National Priorities List (NPL) of Superfund sites, a list of sites that pose risks to people’s health and the environment. Superfund is the federal program that investigates and cleans up the most complex, uncontrolled or abandoned hazardous waste sites in the ...
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EPA adds three hazardous waste sites to superfund’s national priorities list
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is adding three new hazardous waste sites that pose risks to human health and the environment to the National Priorities List (NPL) of Superfund sites. Superfund is the federal program that investigates and cleans up the most complex, uncontrolled or abandoned hazardous waste sites in the country. To date, there have been 1,610 sites listed on the NPL. ...
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Final cleanup plan selected for Lockheed West Superfund site
Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency issued a Record of Decision for the Lockheed West Superfund Site, outlining the agency’s plan to provide a permanent, long-term remedy for contamination in Elliott Bay near Seattle. “This cleanup plan will protect native wildlife and the health of people who live, work and recreate near Elliott Bay,” said Cami Grandinetti, EPA ...
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EPA Regional Administrator Judith A. Enck and Congress Member Sean Patrick Maloney Assess Cleanups at Superfund Sites in Orange and Dutchess Counties
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Regional Administrator Judith A. Enck and Congress Member Sean Patrick Maloney today visited three Superfund sites in Orange and Dutchess Counties to review and assess progress on the cleanup of contamination at these hazardous waste sites. Their first stop was the Shenandoah Road Ground Water Contamination Superfund site in East Fishkill, New York where a ...
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EPA adds 11 hazardous waste sites to superfund’s national priorities list
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is adding 11 new hazardous waste sites that pose risks to human health and the environment to the National Priorities List of Superfund sites. Also, EPA is proposing to add 10 other sites to the list. Superfund is the federal program that investigates and cleans up the most complex, uncontrolled or abandoned hazardous waste sites in the country. To date, ...
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EPA proposes to add Acadia parish facility to national priorities list of superfund sites - nine hazardous waste sites added, 10 proposed
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today announced the EVR-Wood Treating/Evangeline Refining Company site, near Jennings, Louisiana, has been proposed to be added to the National Priorities List (NPL) of Superfund sites, a list of sites that pose risks to people’s health and the environment. Superfund is the federal program that investigates and cleans up the most complex, ...
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Soil Remediation to Begin at Superfund Site in Walpole, Mass.
Work to excavate and remove contaminated soil at the Blackburn and Union Privileges Superfund Site begins this week. The soil remediation is focused on South Street on the east side properties, where the former Cosmec building sits. This week, contractors for the Responsible Parties began pre-construction activities including setting up support trailers, placing fencing and warning signs around ...
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EPA Proposes the Addition of Sites in Atlantic, Iowa, and Norfolk, Nebraska, to Superfund’s National Priorities List
EPA is proposing to add two environmentally contaminated sites in Region 7 – the PCE Former Dry Cleaner Site in Atlantic, Iowa, and the Iowa-Nebraska Light & Power Company Site in Norfolk, Neb. – to the Superfund program’s National Priorities List (NPL), potentially making both sites eligible for long-term cleanup funding. The proposed addition of the two Region 7 sites to ...
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Settlement will help expedite cleanup for walpole, mass. superfund site (MA)
A $13 million work settlement has been reached between four parties and the United States to expedite cleanup of the contaminated Blackburn and Union Privileges Superfund Site in Walpole, Mass. The parties involved in the settlement include W.R. Grace & Co.-Conn., a former owner and operator of the site; Tyco Healthcare Group, also former owner and operator; as well as BIM Investment Corp. ...
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EPA adds nine hazardous waste sites to superfund’s national priorities list
The US Environmental Protection Agency is adding nine new hazardous waste sites that pose risks to human health and the environment to the National Priorities List of Superfund sites. Also, EPA is proposing to add 13 other sites to the list. Superfund is the federal program that investigates and cleans up the most complex, uncontrolled or abandoned hazardous waste sites in the country. To date, ...
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Settlement reached to expedite cleanup for walpole, mass. superfund site (MA)
A $13 million settlement has been reached between four parties and the United States to expedite cleanup of the contaminated Blackburn and Union Privileges Superfund Site in Walpole, Mass., the Justice Department and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced today. The parties involved in the settlement include W.R. Grace & Co.-Conn., a former owner and operator of the site; Tyco ...
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EPA Announces Proposed Settlement with Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation for Cleanup of Saratoga Springs, NY Superfund Site
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today announced a proposed settlement with Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation to perform a soil and groundwater cleanup and reimburse EPA for certain past and future costs at the Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation Superfund site in Saratoga Springs, New York. Under the settlement, Niagara Mohawk will perform this additional cleanup work, valued at $6.5 ...
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EPA finds cleanup of sayreville landfill superfund site protective; proposes removal from federal superfund list
A review of conditions at the Sayreville Landfill Superfund site in the Borough of Sayreville, Middlesex County, New Jersey by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has found that the cleanup continues to protect people’s health and the environment. Based on its findings and recent monitoring data, EPA is proposing to remove the site from the federal Superfund list of the most ...
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Open houses on Reilly Tar and chemical site environmental investigation in ST. Louis park, minn., March 3
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, the Minnesota Department of Health and the city of St. Louis Park will hold two open houses Thursday, March 3, to answer questions about upcoming vapor intrusion testing near the Reilly Tar & Chemical Superfund site. The open houses will be held from 2 to 4 p.m. and 6 to 8 p.m. at the St. Louis Park Public ...
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EPA adds six and proposes 11 sites to superfund`s national priorities list
The US 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. EPA is also proposing to add 11 other sites to the list. Superfund is the federal program that investigates and cleans up the most complex uncontrolled or abandoned hazardous waste sites in the country. To date, ...
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