EPA Withdraws Disastrous Trump-Era Radioactive Roads Approval
If dispersed, the material would present an unreasonable public health threat stemming from the appreciable quantities of radium-226, uranium, uranium-238, uranium-234, thorium-230, radon-222, lead-210, polonium-210, chromium, arsenic, lead, cadmium, fluoride, zinc, antimony and copper phosphogypsum contains.
EPA Withdraws Disastrous Trump-Era Radioactive Roads Approval
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Fla. The Biden administration announced it is withdrawing approval given by the Trump administration to use phosphogypsum in construction. The retracted approval had allowed the use of toxic, radioactive waste in constructing roads in parts of the United States prone to sinkholes and erosion.
“Allowing phosphogypsum in roads was a boneheaded, short-sighted favor to the industry,” said Jaclyn Lopez, Florida director at the Center for Biological Diversity. “While the withdrawal cites technical deficiencies in the applicant’
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The Piney Point facility received about 2.5 inches of rain from Elsa and had already experienced at least 5.2 inches since June, according to reports from the Florida Department of Environmental Protection.
In April, the agency authorized an emergency release of an estimated 215 million gallons of nutrient-rich wastewater into Tampa Bay to avoid a complete failure of the Piney Point phosphogypsum stacks.
Environmental hazards and flooding concerns forced the evacuation of nearby residents and businesses.
The reservoir pond that breached earlier this year now holds about 249 million gallons of wastewater, and the patch installed to stop the leak remains intact, according to the state.