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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 area at 26th Street Boat Launch. (Photo courtesy of Paul Ruesch and EPA). This year, the EPA will cont...

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 Avenue on the east. EPA officials said they are in the early stage of its review, in which they wil...