superfund site News
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Representative Rodney Frelinghuysen and EPA Tour Superfund Sites in Morris, Essex and Sussex Counties
Environmental Protection Agency Regional Administrator Judith Enck and Congressmember Rodney Frelinghuysen today toured several Superfund sites in Morris, Essex, and Sussex Counties in N.J. They were joined by state and local officials to highlight the effectiveness of the federal Superfund law in protecting the health of people who live and work near contaminated sites. “New Jersey has ...
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EPA Announces Cleanup Plan for Radiation Technology Superfund Site in Rockaway Township, New Jersey
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Regional Administrator Judith A. Enck and Congressmember Rodney P. Frelinghuysen today announced a plan to demolish or remove 34 buildings and structures at the Radiation Technology, Inc. Superfund site in Rockaway Township, New Jersey. The buildings and structures on the 263-acre site are contaminated with polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), asbestos and lead ...
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EPA Proposes to Add the Unimatic Manufacturing Corporation site in Fairfield, NJ to the Superfund List; Soil, Water and Building Contaminated with PCBs
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today proposed to add the Unimatic Manufacturing Corporation site in Fairfield, New Jersey to its Superfund list of the country’s most hazardous waste sites. Unimatic formerly used the site to run a metals molding facility and operated machines using lubricating oil that contained polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs). The company’s operations ...
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First Military Base Superfund Cleanup Privatized, More Planned
SACRAMENTO, California, August 29, 2007 (ENS) - For the first time, the military has decided to fund a private entity to conduct a clean up in conjunction with redevelopment at a Superfund site. Sacramento County will contract with developer McClellan Business Park using $11.2 million from the Air Forc e to clean up a 62 acre parcel on the McClellan Air Force Base Superfund Site. The cleanup ...
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Cleanup at North Penn Area 2 Superfund Site Eliminates Risks; Provides Long-Term Groundwater Protection
The U.S. Environmental Agency today announced the completion of construction activities for the cleanup of the North Penn 2 Superfund Site in Hatfield, Montgomery County, Pa. The construction completion is an important milestone in protecting human health and the long-term goal of restoring contaminated groundwater to drinking water quality. The soil, sediment and groundwater at the site were ...
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U.S. EPA orders $20 million Northrop cleanup at San Gabriel Valley Superfund site // Groundwater contaminated by former Benchmark Technology facility
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has ordered Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation to spend an estimated $20 million to build a groundwater cleanup system to address groundwater contamination stemming primarily from the former Benchmark Technology facility in the City of Industry, Calif., located within the San Gabriel Valley Superfund Sites. Formerly located at 200 South Turnbull Canyon ...
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EPA proposes to add area near hicksville, new cassel, westbury, hempstead and salisbury, N.Y. to the federal superfund list
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today proposed to consolidate areas in Hicksville, New Cassel, Westbury, Hempstead and Salisbury in Nassau County, N.Y. into one site and add it to the Superfund National Priorities List of the country’s most hazardous waste sites. Ground water throughout the site is contaminated with harmful volatile organic compounds (VOCs). The Magothy ...
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U.S. EPA announces settlements with six companies at San Fernando valley superfund site // more than $3 million will be directed to investigate, clean up contaminated groundwater
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today announced that it has reached settlements with six companies to address contaminated groundwater in North Hollywood and Glendale, areas that are part of the San Fernando Valley Superfund Sites, near Los Angeles, Calif. "These settlements highlight our priority at EPA to clean up vital drinking water sources," said Jane Diamond, Director of the ...
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U.S. EPA Finds Petaluma, Calif., Superfund Site Clean
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today announces it has deleted the Sola Optical USA, Inc. site in Petaluma, Calif., from the Superfund National Priorities List (NPL). Between 1978 and 2001, Sola Optical USA, Inc. owned and operated an optical lens manufacturing facility at the site in Petaluma, Calif. As a result of Sola Optical’s manufacturing processes, chlorinated solvents and ...
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EPA announces measures to protect Raritan river from ground water contamination seeping from the American Cyanamid superfund site in Bridgewater Township, N.J.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced an agreement with the Wyeth Holdings Corporation, a subsidiary of Pfizer Inc., to install a system for collecting and treating contaminated ground water from the American Cyanamid Superfund Site in Bridgewater Township, Somerset County, N.J. The agreement requires design and construction of this system to prevent contaminated ground water from ...
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EPA Reaches Settlement for $6.6 Million Groundwater Cleanup at San Gabriel Valley Superfund Site
The U.S Environmental Protection Agency has entered into three settlements totaling $6,605,080 to help pay for groundwater cleanup at the South El Monte portion of the San Gabriel Valley Area 1 Superfund Site in Los Angeles, Calif. Since EPA began cleaning up this site in 2008, approximately 4,600 pounds of contaminants have been removed from the groundwater. EPA has recovered a total of $25 ...
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EPA Issues Record of Decision for the Madison County Mines Superfund Site Operable Unit 5
EPA Region 7 today issued the Record of Decision (ROD) for the Madison County Mines Superfund Site Operable Unit 5, Catherine Mines and Skaggs Tailings subsites, located in Madison County, Mo. The ROD identifies the selected cleanup methods for the mine waste located at the site. The overall strategy of the selected remedy is to cover consolidated mine waste, soils, and sediment with ...
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EPA Announces Successful Removal of Hazardous Waste from Radiation Technology Superfund Site in Rockaway Township, New Jersey.
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Regional Administrator Judith A. Enck and Congressmember Rodney P. Frelinghuysen today announced the successful removal of 75 drums and containers of hazardous waste from the Radiation Technology, Inc. Superfund site in Rockaway Township, NJ. The officials were in Morris, Essex and Sussex Counties to review and assess progress on Superfund cleanups at five ...
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EPA Regional Administrator Judith Enck and Congressmember Rodney Frelinghuysen Announce System to Treat Contaminated Ground Water at Rockaway Borough, NJ Superfund Site; Tour Six Superfund Sites in Morris and Essex Counties
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Regional Administrator Judith A. Enck and Congressional Representative Rodney P. Frelinghuysen today announced the completion of a system to treat contaminated ground water at the Rockaway Borough Wellfield Superfund site in Rockaway Borough, New Jersey. The officials were in Morris and Essex Counties to review and assess progress on Superfund cleanups at six ...
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U.S. EPA Orders NASA to Clean Up Soils Threatening Sensitive Habitat
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today ordered the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to take immediate and long-term actions to address soil contamination at its Ames Research Center at the Moffett Field Naval Air Station in Mountain View, Calif. This order is part of an effort to enter into a long-term cleanup agreement with NASA for the Ames site. Soils at the ...
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EPA Continues Work at San Gabriel Valley Superfund Site, Additional $1.44 Million Settlement Reached for Groundwater Cleanup
The U.S Environmental Protection Agency has reached a settlement of $1.44 million with TDY Industries, LLC to help pay for groundwater cleanup at the South El Monte portion of the San Gabriel Valley Area 1 Superfund Site in Los Angeles, Calif. Since EPA began cleaning up this site in 2008, more than 12.5 billion gallons of drinking water have been treated and approximately 5,500 pounds of ...
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EPA adds two Puerto Rico sites to the superfund list
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has added the Cabo Rojo Ground Water Contamination site in Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico and the Hormigas Ground Water Plume site in Caguas to its Superfund National Priorities List (NPL) of the country’s most hazardous waste sites. Sampling at the sites found chemical contamination that is impacting wells once used to supply drinking water to the ...
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EPA resumes ninth season of dredging in New Bedford harbor
EPA is set to begin the ninth season of dredging at the New Bedford Harbor Superfund Site. Mobilization for the dredging began the week of May 28, and dredging is set to begin towards the end of June. Through September 2012, EPA will again be hydraulically dredging areas at the bottom of the harbor that have been contaminated from earlier decades of industrial pollution. Contamination of the ...
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EPA Encourages the Public to Comment on Plan for the Cinnaminson Ground Water Contamination Superfund Site in Cinnaminson and Delran, New Jersey
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has determined that no further action is needed to address two closed landfills at the Cinnaminson Ground Water Contamination Superfund site in the townships of Cinnaminson and Delran, New Jersey. The site, which covers approximately 400 acres, includes residential and industrial properties and the two landfills. As a result of historic operations ...
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EPA Proposes Plan to Clean Up Chemical Pollution in Wall Township, Manasquan Borough and Sea Girt, New Jersey
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has proposed a plan to clean up contaminated soil and ground water at the White Swan Cleaners/Sun Cleaners Superfund site in Wall Township, Manasquan Borough and Sea Girt, New Jersey. Previous dry cleaning operations in Wall Township caused the contamination of the soil and ground water with volatile organic compounds, including perchloroethylene (PCE) and ...
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