hazardous release News
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EPA Region 7 to Conduct Removal Action and Radiological Assessment at Beta Chem Lab Facility in Lenexa, Kan.
EPA Region 7 will begin work next week to remove hazardous chemicals and conduct a radiological assessment of the abandoned and seized Beta Chem Laboratory facility at 14410 West 100th Street, in Lenexa, Kan. Region 7’s On-Scene Coordinators (OSCs) and EPA contractors will begin the removal and assessment work on Monday, May 5. EPA anticipates the work could take about four weeks to ...
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EPA Says Air Quality near West Lake Landfill Consistent with Greater St. Louis and Other Midwest Cities
EPA Region 7 released new data today that shows air quality around the West Lake Landfill Superfund Site in Bridgeton, Mo., is consistent with what is found elsewhere in the greater St. Louis metropolitan area, and in other major Midwest cities. According to Agency experts, an air quality monitoring network with five stations operating for the past seven months around the landfill has been ...
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US Energy Department Fined $500,000 for Hanford Radioactive Spill
The Washington State Department of Ecology has issued a $500,000 penalty against the US Department of Energy, DOE, for a release of radioactive hazardous tank waste to the soil at the Hanford Nuclear Site on the Columbia River in central Washington. The waste endangered workers and brought a halt to cleanup of the leaky underground single-shell tanks. The spill occurred on July 27, 2007, when ...
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