PCB sample News
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PCB Health Concerns on the Minds of Illinois Residents
Just last month, The Daily Illini published a report about many Illinois residents being up in arms over a DeWitt County landfill’s plans to dump 2.5 million cubic yards of PCB contaminated waste at the site. The landfill just happens to be over a giant reservoir of groundwater used by ¾ of a million people. The production of polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) was banned by the ...
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Small boost of electricity aids natural clean-up of PCB contaminants
Applying a low voltage to polluted river sediment can boost microbes’ natural ability to degrade harmful polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) contaminants, according to a new study. The approach could be a cost-effective, sustainable strategy to bioremediate polluted sites. PCBs are persistent contaminants as they remain for long periods in the environment, particularly in water, soil and ...
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EPA Adds the Matlack, Inc. Site in Woolwich Township, New Jersey to the Superfund List
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has added the Matlack, Inc. site in Woolwich Township, New Jersey to the Superfund National Priorities List of the country’s most hazardous waste sites. The site is a former truck terminal at which operations included truck maintenance and truck, trailer and tanker washing. As a result of past industrial activities, the soil and ground water are ...
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City of Perry, Iowa, to receive $400,000 for assessment and cleanup of hazardous substances at former rail yard
The City of Perry, Iowa, has been selected to receive $400,000 in EPA brownfields funding to assess and clean up hazardous substances at the former Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Rail Yard in the city’s Spring Valley Township. The funding is being awarded through an EPA Brownfields Multi-purpose Pilot Grant, which provides funding for site assessment and cleanup in a single grant. Perry ...
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EPA Proposes to Add the Matlack, Inc. Site in Woolwich Township, NJ to the Superfund List; EPA Encourages the Public to Comment
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today proposed to add the Matlack, Inc. site in Woolwich Township, NJ to its Superfund list of the country’s most hazardous waste sites. The site is a former truck terminal at which operations included truck maintenance and truck, trailer and tanker washing. As a result of past industrial activities, the soil and ground water are contaminated with ...
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EPA removes over 18,000 tons of contaminated soil in Newark
It took less than six months for the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to turn an abandoned piece of property, located just across the street from private homes in the Ironbound section of Newark, into a parcel of land that no longer poses a threat to the surrounding community. EPA’s Regional Administrator, Alan J. Steinberg, was joined by City of Newark Mayor Cory Booker, as well as City ...
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EPA adds Dewey Loeffel landfill in rensselaer county to superfund list; public meeting scheduled for march 24 in Nassau
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today announced that it is adding the Dewey Loeffel Landfill in Rensselaer County, N.Y. to its Superfund National Priorities List of the country’s most hazardous waste sites. The landfill is contaminated with toxic substances, including polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), which have made their way into the ground water beneath the landfill and ...
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EPA orders removal of PCB-contaminated materials from Massena, N.Y. site and decontamination of buildings before demolition
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today ordered Motors Liquidation Company (MLC), formerly the General Motors Corporation (GM), to remove materials and soil contaminated with polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) from portions of the General Motors Central Foundry Division Superfund site in Massena, N.Y. MLC intends to demolish several buildings at the site, a former General Motors plant, ...
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EPA adds eighteen mile creek in Niagara County, N.Y. to the superfund list
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today announced it has added the Eighteen Mile Creek site in Niagara County, New York to the Superfund National Priorities List of the country’s most hazardous waste sites. Sediment in some areas of the creek is contaminated with harmful chemicals, including polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), heavy metals and dioxin, which can have serious effects on ...
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EPA proposes to add eighteen mile creek in Niagara County, N.Y. to the superfund list
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today proposed adding the Eighteen Mile Creek site in Niagara County, New York to the Superfund National Priorities List of the country’s most hazardous waste sites. Sediment in some areas of the creek is contaminated with harmful chemicals, including polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), heavy metals and dioxin, which can have serious effects on ...
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EPA makes final decision: Newtown Creek is added to superfund list (NY)
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today added Newtown Creek in New York City to its Superfund National Priorities List of the country’s most hazardous waste sites. The final listing will allow EPA to conduct a comprehensive evaluation of the creek to determine what remedial actions need to be implemented. Various sediment and surface water samples have been taken along the ...
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Construction work to start at the Sutton Brook Disposal Area Superfund site in Tewksbury, Mass.
On May 19, 2014 EPA contractors will mobilize for construction work at the Sutton brook Disposal Area Superfund site in Tewksbury. Planned work includes excavation and consolidation of contaminated soil and sediments which will be then be placed under a landfill cap. The construction work is expected to continue into 2016. What residents should expect: During the initial mobilization to the ...
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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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