"EPA: After 16 Years, Get Ready To Comment On Portland Harbor Cleanup"
"The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is planning to release its proposed Portland Harbor Superfund Site cleanup plan early next month."
Source: EarthFix/OPB, 03/25/2016
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"Toxic Passaic River to Get $1.38 Billion Cleanup Over 10 Years"
State and federal officials Friday announced a plan to clean up more than a century's worth of toxic pollution from the lower eight miles of the Passaic river, in one of the largest and most expensive projects under EPA's 35-year-old Superfund program.
Source: NY Times, 03/07/2016
"Appeals Court Orders EPA To Issue Rules On Mining Cleanups"
"The Environmental Protection Agency was ordered Friday to begin issuing long-overdue rules aimed at stopping mining companies from declaring bankruptcy to avoid pollution cleanups."
Source: AP, 02/03/2016
"Hoosick Falls: Getting By With Contaminated Water"
"Even before state officials designated the village a Superfund site late Wednesday afternoon, residents of Hoosick Falls have been waiting for a solution to their water contamination issue."
Source: WAMC, 01/28/2016
Feds, Firms Reach $22-Million Deal To Clean Up Superfund Site Near L.A.
"The Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Department of the Justice have reached a $22-million settlement to clean up a former industrial site 10 miles southeast of downtown Los Angeles."
Source: AP, 01/04/2016
"Reid: Nevada Should Accept EPA's Help Cleaning Toxic Mine"
"Nevada should accept a federal plan to add an abandoned copper mine near Yerington to the Superfund National Priority List — a move that would designate it as one of the nation's most polluted sites and bring federal funds to cover 90 percent of the cleanup, U.S. Sen. Harry Reid said."
Source: AP, 12/29/2015
NJ: "EPA To Add Kil-Tone Site To Superfund List"
"VINELAND, N.J. -- Following months of investigations and public hearings, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has proposed to add the former Kil-Tone Company grounds to its Superfund list of the most hazardous waste sites in the country."
Source: Vineland Daily Journal, 09/29/2015
"Old Mines Present Mammoth Remediation Task in N.M."
"Steering his Toyota 4Runner through a dirt path in the town of Cerrillos, Todd Brown points to one of the piles of waste rock that have been sitting for decades in one of the most mineral-rich mining districts in the state."
Source: Santa Fe New Mexican, 09/07/2015
"Massive Cleanup Plan Emerging For U.S. Steel Site in Duluth"
"After years of neglect, the site of the long-closed U.S. Steel Duluth Works may be be on the verge of revitalization."
Source: Duluth News Tribune, 08/31/2015
"Firms To Pay $14.3M To Clean Up Central Chemical Site in Hagerstown"
"Sixteen companies have reached a $14.3 million settlement with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the state of Maryland to stabilize and cap waste and contaminated soil at the Central Chemical Superfund site in Hagerstown, the agency announced Monday."
Source: Hagerstown Herald-Mail, 08/18/2015
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