Page 10 - Operable Unit News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

(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 from the town of Navassa, EPA and the state of North Carolina determined the reasonably anticipated la...

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 growth across the lower water shed of lakes Erie and Ontario,” said Lt. Col. Eli Adams, Buffalo Distric...

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 contaminate Redding's water supply. Two firefighters were killed fighting the blaze and a 70 year old ...

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 residential use. In early 2020, the EPA recommended taking no action to remidiate about 100 acres o...

#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 the contamination within the park. Phase 2 would focus on “adequately characterizing the nature an...