Superfund

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Superfund: - The program operated under the legislative authority of CERCLA and SARA that funds and carries out EPA solid waste emergency and long-term removal and remedial activities. These activities include establishing the National Priorities List, investigating sites for inclusion on the list, determining their priority, and conducting and/or supervising cleanup and other remedial actions.
[Environmental Protection Agency]

News archive for Superfund::

EPA Proposes Plan for Final Stage of Cleanup at Superfund Site in ...  -  05 Aug 2008
Media Newswire (press release),...of the river and marshland that have been contaminated by past activities at these two Superfund sites,� said Alan J. Steinberg, Regional Administrator.

Superfund may not be so super  -  05 Aug 2008
MIT News,The cost of the federal Superfund program isn't bringing financial returns to homeowners living near the cleaned-up toxic sites, according to new research

EPA looks to complete cleanup of two Superfund sites along Raritan ...  -  05 Aug 2008
New Brunswick Home News Tribune,SAYREVILLE —Two Superfund sites along the Raritan River may be entering the final stage of cleanup, the US Environmental Protection Agency announced Monday.

Attorney logs claims in Superfund case  -  05 Aug 2008
Billings Gazette,By CLAIR JOHNSON More than 50 claims in the settlement of a class action lawsuit in the Lockwood solvent Superfund site were filed by the deadline last week

Arsenic and old mines: how to fix bad drinking water  -  05 Aug 2008
The Union of Grass Valley,A week from today, federal Environmental Protection Agency representatives will give background on the so-called Superfund site and proposed alternatives to

EPA proposes cleanup plan at Sayreville sites  -  05 Aug 2008
Newsday,SAYREVILLE, NJ - The US Environmental Protection Agency is proposing a plan for final cleanup at two Superfund sites in Sayreville.

Biotech funds set for comeback: Tuesday's funds news in Europe  -  05 Aug 2008
CityWire.co.uk,E24 has selected Superfund C, a quantitative global hedge fund, as the best fund of the year. The fund has posted returns of 35.6% between July 2007 to July

Community gets to voice opinion on Chemtool TIF today  -  05 Aug 2008
Rockford Register Star,It was Chemtool’s promise of new jobs and willingness to redevelop a Superfund site that South Beloit leaders cited in their resolution.

Sherman Police Department's Daily Bulletins for 8/4 thru 8/5/2008  -  05 Aug 2008
KTEN,Failure To Identify Giving False/fictious Info 080004172 Wood, Rhonda Ann (WF, 43) VICTIM of Criminal Trespass Habit/superfund/infrastruction (C),

Pressure Grows to Release Evidence in Anthrax Case  -  05 Aug 2008
Wall Street JournalIn June, the US Environmental Protection Agency proposed that Fort Detrick be designated a Superfund site, potentially giving the EPA oversight of Army

EPA files liens on Superfund site properties  -  Aug 3, 2008
Woonsocket Call,BY VINAYA SAKSENA CUMBERLAND — The Environmental Protection Agency has filed liens on three Mendon Road properties it says are part of a Superfund site,

Bennett to pay $1 mln fine over US superfund site  -  Jul 31, 2008
ReutersWASHINGTON, July 31 (Reuters) - Canada's Bennett Environmental Inc (BEV.TO: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz) pleaded guilty to conspiring to inflate

EPA conducts 5-year review of Dartmouth Superfund site  -  Aug 2, 2008
South Coast Today,By BECKY W. EVANS DARTMOUTH — Environmental Protection Agency officials are conducting a review of a North Dartmouth Superfund site to ensure that past and

Superfund site cleanup plan hearing slated  -  Aug 2, 2008
Nashua Telegraph,By KATHY CLEVELAND Staff Writer MILFORD – The federal government has held two hearings on the latest plan to clean up the Fletcher Paint Superfund site.

Remedy decision delayed at Chemplex Superfund site  -  Aug 1, 2008
Clinton Herald,...for the ongoing remediation project at the seven-acre Chemplex Superfund site until performance testing of the recommended remedy has been completed.

5-Year Review Underway at Dartmouth, Mass. Superfund Site  -  Aug 1, 2008
PressZoom (press release),Five-year reviews are mandated under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (commonly known as “Superfund�).

Some Worry New Water Site Draws From Superfund Area  -  Jul 30, 2008
KETV.com,A new water basin may be fed from near a Superfund site, environmentalists said on Wednesday. The Army Corps of Engineers approved a new well field in 2003

Company pleads guilty to defrauding EPA at Manville Superfund site  -  Jul 31, 2008
New Brunswick Home News Tribune,The plea agreement, filed today in US District Court in New Jersey, involves the EPA-designated Superfund site, Federal Creosote, in Manville.

Cleanup started on Superfund site on Route 125 in Kingston  -  Aug 1, 2008
York Weekly,By Caroline Blonski KINGSTON — Contamination cleanup began Tuesday, July 22, at the Kingston Steel Drum site, known as the Ottati and Goff site,

Cleaning up Superfund Site in Harbor Gateway  -  Jul 31, 2008
Daily Breeze,The land - known as the Del Amo Superfund Site - houses mostly light industrial buildings and offices west of the Harbor (110) Freeway.

Cleanup of NH Superfund site scheduled  -  Jul 17, 2008
Boston Globe,KINGSTON, NH—Cleanup of a Superfund site in Kingston, NH, will continue this summer when chemicals are injected into the ground to flush out contamination.

EPA Proposes Cleanup Plan for Two Creeks Near Nease Superfund Site ...  -  Jul 11, 2008
FOXBusinessThe Superfund site consists of 44 acres along state Route 14, 2.5 miles northwest of Salem on the Columbiana-Mahoning county line.

Superfund liens put on three properties in Cumberland  -  Jul 28, 2008
Providence Journal,By Philip Marcelo CUMBERLAND — The US Environmental Protection Agency has filed Superfund liens on three properties in town that are part of the

Land owner asks town clean up real estate mess next to Superfund site  -  Jul 30, 2008
Holmen Courier,By ADAM BISSEN | Special correspondent " Wasn't the portion of the meeting where the public voted 'advisory'? Where did the 'forcing' come into this?

Superfund kickback scheme a blow to Corzine privatization plan  -  Jul 24, 2008
The Star-Ledger - NJ.com,The work involved the Federal Creosote Superfund Site in Manville, and Diamond Alkali Superfund Site in Newark. The pleas were entered in US District Court

Decades later, Superfund remains Ă? but does the sense of urgency?  -  Jul 27, 2008
Gloucester County Times - NJ.com,By Siobhan A. Counihan The Lipari Landfill was rated the most toxic Superfund site in the state, and ranked third in the nation.

Scars linger in Love Canal - and former residents  -  Aug 1, 2008
The Associated PressThe disaster led to Superfund, a federal program that aids cleanup of toxic sites that could endanger the public. Love Canal today is really two areas.

Superfund work near national forest in final stage  -  Jul 25, 2008
WDBJ7.com,...(AP) -- A multimillion-dollar cleanup of a Superfund landfill at the edge of a national forest in Virginia is in its final stage. Contractors hired by the

Comment period on Superfund extended  -  Jul 25, 2008
Walpole Times,By Jeb Bobseine The public comment period on the South Street Superfund site, originally meant to end on July 18, has been extended another month,

A Superfund site in the making  -  Jul 24, 2008
Roanoke Times,City officials have taken the first steps toward having the golf course considered as a potential Superfund site. At the same time, trucks are dumping

Superfund Lien Filed on Two Cumberland Rhode Island Properties  -  Jul 25, 2008
U.S. EPA.gov (press release),July 25, 2008) - EPA has filed a Superfund lien on property owned by John A. Nunes of Michael John Realty, Inc. and property owned by Linda Marszalkowski

Guard against toxic legacies  -  Aug 2, 2008
Gloucester County Times - NJ.com,Last Sunday's article, "Decades later, Superfund remains but does the urgency?" updated some of Gloucester County's toxic threats that were uncovered in the

Land owner asks town clean up real estate mess next to Superfund site  -  Jul 24, 2008
Holmen Courier,Their property now borders a Superfund site, and they say a mistake in the cleanup efforts has made their land unsellable. On Monday, they will ask town of

EPA details plan for cleaning Superfund site  -  Jul 24, 2008
DeSoto Appeal,The EPA's preferred remedy for the Smalley-Piper Superfund site involves removing tainted soil to a depth of 25 feet and solidifying it with a compound so

Superfund cleanup conflicts with fair  -  Jul 24, 2008
The Star-Ledger - NJ.com,The US Environmental Protection Agency notified the borough it will take until 2010 before the site can be officially taken off its list of Superfund sites,

End in sight for Superfund cleanup  -  Jul 24, 2008
Eagle Tribune,...dozen members from the state Department of Environmental Services began to work at the Ottati and Goss/Great Lakes Container Corporation Superfund site.

Electrical Transformers to be Removed from Montville, Conn ...  -  Jul 23, 2008
U.S. EPA.gov (press release),...oversee the removal of electrical transformers containing polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) from the Wisniewski Superfund Site on Route 163 in Montville.

Audit finds defects in DEQ's Superfund work  -  Jul 14, 2008
KPAX-TV,...(AP) - There are defects in the Montana Department of Environmental Quality's work in the state Superfund program of environmental cleanup.

Audit: DEQ dropping ball on Superfund projects  -  Jul 15, 2008
Billings Gazette,By AP HELENA - A new audit finds fault with the Montana Department of Environmental Quality's work in the state Superfund program, which manages

Official to discuss Superfund site  -  Jul 20, 2008
Pensacola News Journal,With seven Superfund sites in Escambia County, some of the residents who live near the former American Creosote Works site near Bayou Chico consider

Chesapeake takes steps toward Superfund designation for site  -  Jul 18, 2008
The Virginian-Pilot,As a Superfund site, investigated by EPA, the golf course could join a list of the nation's most contaminated properties and could receive federal clean-up

Superior discusses Superfund option  -  Jul 17, 2008
Clark Fork Chronicle,John Wardell, Director of the Montana EPA office in Helena, said that some community become concerned with being labeled as Superfund sites, and that some

Lawmakers Look to Make Polluted Newtown Creek a Superfund Sight  -  Jul 14, 2008
Brooklyn Daily Eagle,A Superfund designation would allow federal funds to be used for up to 90 percent of cleanup costs, according to NY1. The EPA would have to do an analysis

Superfund announces record half year results  -  Jul 14, 2008
CPI Financial,The Superfund flagship fund, the Superfund Q-AG, has generated an annualised return of 19 per cent since its inception in March 1996 and 31.2 per cent

Discussion to go public in Ardmore Superfund site pollution  -  Jul 17, 2008
KXII-TV,We first told you last week about renewed concerns over pollution in Ardmore and of the EPA announcement that a northeast Ardmore Superfund site was more

Louisiana DEQ and EPA Celebrate Completion of Ruston Superfund ...  -  Jul 16, 2008
Asbestos.com,A one-time Superfund site that is now available to be put back into commerce. This is a great day for the state’s environment and for the business community

Hopewell residents meet to discuss Superfund site progress  -  Jul 18, 2008
Poughkeepsie Journal,Hundreds of residents packed a meeting Thursday night in which the EPA discussed the ongoing plans for the Hopewell Precision Superfund site.

Officials Want Newtown Creek Designated As Superfund Site  -  Jul 16, 2008
Western Queens Gazette,Newtown Creek on the Queens-Brooklyn border, a victim of "the largest coastal oil spill in American history", should be designated a Superfund site to make

Managed futures win favour with Australian investors, says ...  -  Jul 13, 2008
HedgeWeek,SuperAlphaFund Financial launched in Australia earlier this year as a member of the Superfund group of investment companies (formerly known as Quadriga),

Hopewell Superfund site cleanup to be discussed Thursday  -  Jul 16, 2008
Poughkeepsie Journal,The proposed plan is available at the East Fishkill Community Library or online at epa.gov/region02/superfund/npl/hopewell/proposedplan.pdf.




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