Superfund Sites News
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Webinar: Overview of Horizontal Remediation Wells (HRWs) and Remedial Technology Applications
This webinar, presented by Mr. Glenn Iosue, P.E., President of Directional Technologies, Inc., will provide an overview of Horizontal Remediation Wells (HRWs) for improving the efficiency of remedial applications to clean up sites. Participants will gain an understanding of the technology, advantages in comparison to conventional vertical installations, limitations and costs. An example remedial ...
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EPA Signs Two Clean Up Decisions in a Continued Effort to Protect Cape Cod Drinking Water
In its ongoing efforts to protect the Cape Cod aquifer from contamination from historical military training activities, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has issued final cleanup strategies for two contaminated areas at Camp Edwards. EPA, in consultation with the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (Mass DEP), has recently determined the appropriate cleanup ...
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EPA Extends Public Comment Period for Proposed Interim Cleanup of CTS of Asheville Inc. Superfund Site to Evaluate Treatment of Expanded Area
On September 30, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed a plan to address contamination beneath the former plant at the CTS of Asheville Inc. Superfund Site. The public is invited to comment on the Proposed Plan. EPA is extending the public comment period, originally slated to end on Oct. 30, through Nov. 29, 2015. The majority of the comments received to date encourage EPA to ...
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EPA to Begin Site Investigation at Superfund Site in Windham, ME
Starting the week of October 26th, the US EPA will initiate a further investigation of the Keddy Mill Superfund Site in Windham, Maine to determine current site conditions. This investigation is known as a Remedial Investigation (RI). The RI will primarily include collection and analysis of samples from soil, surface water, sediments, groundwater and fish tissue. This investigation will identify ...
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Cleanup project to install new water supply for properties contaminated by Durham Meadows Superfund Site
EPA has allocated $9 million to jump start cleanup activities at the Durham Meadows Superfund site in Durham, Conn. The funding will support the installation of an alternative water supply to the Superfund site area, serving over 100 residential and commercial structures, including Regional School District 13. Many of the homes and businesses to be connected have treatment systems or are being ...
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EPA, 12 Private Entities Agree to Remove Contamination and Conduct Study at Metro Container Superfund Site
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and 12 private entities have agreed to settle on actions that will lead to increased environmental protection at the Metro Container Superfund Site in Trainer, Delaware Co., Pa. Under the agreement, contamination from a portion of the site will be removed. In addition, a scientific investigation of the site’s contamination will be conducted and site ...
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EPA Receives Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry`s Health Consultation for West Lake Landfill; Report Shows No Public Health Risk for St. Louis
A health consultation conducted by the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR), a part of the U.S. Health and Human Services, shows that groundwater, air, and soil data do not indicate a health risk to communities surrounding the West Lake Landfill. EPA Region 7 had asked ATSDR to determine if radiological contamination buried at the West Lake Landfill poses any harm to human ...
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EPA announces additional groundwater investigation at Delaware City PVC Superfund site
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today announced a new investigation to determine the nature and extent of groundwater contamination at the Delaware City PVC Superfund site in New Castle County. Under an administrative settlement with the EPA, Bayer CropScience L.P. will investigate groundwater contamination in the shallow aquifer east of the PVC plant property and evaluate potential ...
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EPA Announces Excellence in Site Reuse Award for Philadelphia Freedom Valley YMCA
Today, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Mid-Atlantic Regional Administrator Shawn M. Garvin presented the Philadelphia Freedom Valley YMCA and its Vice President of Facilities, Michael Troupe, with a 2015 Excellence in Site Reuse Award. EPA established the Excellence in Site Reuse award to recognize those who have created extraordinary results in revitalizing and reusing formerly ...
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TUESDAY: EPA to Hold Public Meeting about Proposed Interim Cleanup of CTS of Asheville Inc. Superfund Site
Asheville, N.C., residents are invited to attend a public meeting about the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) proposed plan to address contamination beneath the former plant at the CTS of Asheville Inc. Superfund Site. A key step in moving forward is receiving the public’s feedback. During the meeting, EPA representatives will present information about the cleanup plan, ...
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EPA Finalizes Changes to Plan for Groundwater Remediation at Superfund Site in Newfield, N.J.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has modified its plan to address contaminated groundwater at the Shieldalloy Metallurgical Corp. site in Newfield and Vineland, N.J. A plan originally put into place in 1996 by the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection when it was mainly responsible for the site, required a system that pumps the groundwater out of the ground and treats it. The ...
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Disaster plan developed in case fire reaches nuclear waste
Beneath the surface of a St. Louis-area landfill lurk two things that should never meet: a slow-burning fire and a cache of Cold War-era nuclear waste, separated by no more than 1,200 feet. Government officials have quietly adopted an emergency plan in case the smoldering embers ever reach the waste, a potentially "catastrophic event" that could send up a plume of radioactive smoke over a ...
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EPA Proposes Additional Water Line Connections for Groundwater Contamination at Tinkham Garage Superfund Site in Londonderry, NH
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in consultation with New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services (NHDES), is proposing additional connections to an existing water line for residents whose wells have been found to have contamination and whom live northeast section of the Tinkham Garage Superfund Site (Site). This proposal is included in a draft Explanation of Significant ...
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EPA Finalizes Changes to Cleanup Plan at Olean Well Field Site - AVX Property in Olean, NY
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has finalized its changes to a cleanup plan originally issued in 1996 to address soil and groundwater at the AVX property at the Olean Well Field Superfund Site in Cattaraugus County, Olean, NY. Soil and groundwater at the AVX property located at 1695 Seneca Avenue are contaminated with volatile organic compounds, which are often found in paint, solvents, ...
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Shell to spend $55M to clean up California superfund site
Shell Oil Co. will spend $55 million to clean contaminated soil at a former Los Angeles County rubber plant under an agreement with the federal government. The deal announced Wednesday by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency requires Shell to clean contaminants from chemical waste at the Del Amo Superfund site near Torrance. For years benzene, propane, butane and other chemicals were dumped ...
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EPA Finalizes $4 Million Cleanup Plan for Fulton Avenue Superfund Site in Hempstead and North Hempstead, N.Y.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has finalized its decision to modify an interim cleanup plan originally issued in 2007 to address a portion of the contaminated groundwater at the Fulton Avenue Superfund site in the Towns of North Hempstead and Hempstead, N.Y. The groundwater is contaminated with volatile organic compounds, including perchloroethylene, that resulted in part from previous ...
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EPA Finalizes Plan to Address Contaminated Groundwater at Curtis Specialty Papers Superfund Site in Milford Borough and Alexandria Township, N.J.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has finalized a plan to clean up contaminated groundwater at the Curtis Specialty Papers Superfund site in Milford Borough and Alexandria Township, New Jersey. The site includes the former Milford Paper Mill, which operated for 96 years before shutting down in 2003. This site has a toxic legacy that involves PCBs, volatile organic compounds and other ...
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EPA, Delaware City Refining Company Settle Environmental Violations
The Delaware City Refining Company will pay a $73,113 penalty to settle alleged violations of federal environmental regulations for failing to immediately notify the National Response Center and state and local emergency planning agencies about the release of hazardous substances that exceeded reportable quantities into the environment on two separate dates. Federal regulations require ...
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EPA Finalizes Cleanup Plan for the Nuclear Metals Site in Concord, Mass.
EPA has completed the “Record of Decision” (ROD) for the Nuclear Metals, Inc. Superfund Site, located in Concord, Mass. The ROD outlines a detailed plan for cleaning up contaminated soil, sediment and groundwater at the Site. The ROD explains the various cleanup options chosen by EPA for the Site. EPA selected a cleanup that includes excavation and off-site disposal of sediments and ...
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EPA Finalizes $14 Million Plan to Remove Pollutants from Former Sherwin-Williams Plant in Gibbsboro, New Jersey
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has finalized a plan to clean up contaminated soil from residential properties at the Sherwin-Williams/Hilliards Creek Superfund site in Gibbsboro and Voorhees, N.J. The site includes a former paint manufacturing plant and the waters of Hilliards Creek, which flow into Kirkwood Lake. The soil and the groundwater beneath the former paint manufacturing site ...
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