arsenic contaminated soil News
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Teck agrees to clean up 15 lead-contaminated properties in Northport, Washington
Teck Metals Limited and Teck American Incorporated have reached a legally binding cleanup agreement with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to begin removing lead and other contaminants from 15 properties in northeast Washington state. Under the terms of the agreement, Teck will excavate and replace soil on 14 residential properties and one tribal allotment with EPA oversight. The cleanup ...
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EPA to begin final cleanup of recovery act-funded South Minneapolis arsenic site; Open House Aug. 26
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said today that cleanup of arsenic-contaminated soil at nearly 500 South Minneapolis homes will begin after Labor Day. This project is supported by US$20 million in funding through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. Residents pay nothing for the cleanup. From 2004 to 2008, an EPA Superfund team cleaned up 197 properties with arsenic levels ...
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Copper firm Asarco agrees to pay US$13.5m for cleaning up of toxics
In response to a demand for cleanup by the US Environmental Protection Agency, copper mining, smelting and refining giant Asarco says it will conduct contamination investigations and remove arsenic, lead and copper contaminated soil in the adjacent Arizona towns of Hayden and Winkleman. In addition, the Tucson-based company has agreed to spend up to $13.5 million on cleaning up the yards of ...
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