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SOUTHEASTERN N.C. — It may feel impossible to keep up with local issues while they’re still being worked out. Getting involved early on in the policy-making…

The meetings about projects related to the former Kerr-McGee Chemical Corp.’s creosote-based wood-treatment site are online only, and two times are offered to allow greater public participation.

Trowbridge Township cleanup site. (Photo courtesy of Paul Ruesch and EPA). TROWBRIDGE TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) – Wednesday, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that activities to remove PCB contaminated soil and sediment along the Kalamazoo River are continuing. The ongoing process is part of a partnership with the EPA, NCR Corporation, and the Michigan Department of Natural Resources and Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy (EGLE). Field staging ar...

EAST CHICAGO — The U.S. EPA has begun its first cleanup evaluation of the USS Lead Superfund site, a review typically done every five years so long as contaminants remain on site. The start of EPA’s five-year review of the East Chicago marks a significant milestone in the community’s long fight for more protections for those living within the 322-acre site bounded by East Chicago Avenue on the north, East 151st Street on the south, the Indiana Harbor Canal on the west and Parrish...

(404) 562-8400 NAVASSA, N.C. (January 27, 2021) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is issuing a revised proposed plan for OU1 for the Kerr-McGee Chemical Corp – Navassa Superfund site. EPA will hold a virtual public meeting to explain the proposed plan and answer questions. EPA released a proposed plan for Operable Unit 1 (OU1) in October 2019. It defined OU1 as 21.6 acres with an anticipated commercial/industrial land use. After receiving additional information fr...

12 The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Buffalo District received a total of $140,542,000 in the Fiscal Year 2021 Work Plan to complete projects across the District’s area of responsibility. This includes the $34,405,000 the District had already received in the Fiscal Year 2021 President’s Budget. “The Buffalo District is grateful for the large investment into critical projects that will have a profound impact on the quality of life, environmental health and economic growt...

Fueled by Climate Change, Wildfires Threaten Toxic Superfund Sites Blazes at the imperiled hazardous waste sites could release toxins ranging from acid mine drainage to radioactive smoke. December 23, 2020 Firefighters use a back burn to try and control the Carr fire as it spreads towards the towns of Douglas City and Lewiston near Redding, California on July 31, 2018. The fire swept over the Iron Mountain Mine Superfund site, threatening to release corrosive chemicals into the watershed and co...

Extensive soil sampling at a section of the Navassa Superfund site found several portions of the area aren’t fit for residential use without remediation. In pink, portions of the site that failed to meet residential use standards. Image edited to fit dimensions. (Port City Daily photo/Courtesy EPA) NAVASSA — The Environmental Protection Agency is proposing to redraw portions of the Navassa Superfund site after soil sampling found some sections of the former creosote plant are unsuitable for...

#fyiSI: What’s the status of the Great Kills Park contamination cleanup? COVID-19 may impact timeline Updated Dec 10, 2020; Facebook Share STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- The field work scheduled for this fall and winter as part of the Great Kills Park cleanup may ultimately be delayed due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, the Advance/SILive.com has learned. According to the Army Corps of Engineers, the field work that would be taking place is part of Phase 2 of the four-phase plan to clean up ...