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- Former site of sludge pit looking rosy
- The signs are weathered and rusting, and their warning is outdated. "Caution," they read. "Waste containment site." Yet no danger lurks beyond the signs and the forbidding barbed wire-topped, chain-link fence to which they're affixed -- aside from the occasional skinned knee or elbow of a...
- Research articles 2008-09-01
- Cleaning up the Lower Fox
- Eight years into the cleanup of the lower Fox River, tons of toxins have been removed, and proponents of clean water see light at the end of the culvert. "We want what's best for the river, and from everything I've been involved with in the process, both the EPA and...
- Research articles 2008-08-05
- Beede cleanup on track to begin
- More than 15 years after being named to the nation's Superfund list, the Beede Waste Oil site has taken a big step closer to cleanup now that the last responsible party has agreed to sign the cleanup agreement. Brodie Ski Mountain Area Inc. was the only party that would not...
- Research articles 2008-08-01
- Feds plan uranium cleanup on Navajo land
- CHURCH ROCK, N.M. -- This community has become a poster child on the Navajo Nation, but residents don't brag about it. Among the more than 500 abandoned uranium mines on the vast reservation the size of West Virginia, the Northeast Church Rock Mine here tops the list as...
- Research articles 2008-06-23
- Report: inaction delaying cleanup of hazardous waste sites
- In a critical report, a federal inspector general faults the Environmental Protection Agency and New Jersey for delaying cleanups of sites that have sat on the Superfund list for more than 20 years. The report by the EPA's inspector general chided both the EPA and the state Department of Environmental...
- Research articles 2008-06-20
- Feds order Dow to clean up chemical
- CHICAGO -- Federal officials on Wednesday ordered Dow Chemical to clean up high levels of dioxin recently discovered in the homes and yards of a Saginaw, Mich., neighborhood downstream from the company's world headquarters. Preliminary results from tests conducted in March by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency found...
- Research articles 2008-05-29
- Blight or boomtown?
- WEST MILLCREEK -- A potential hazardous wasteland is keeping developers at bay along a stretch of State Street. The area seems to have everything going for it. Two TRAX stations are just a short walk away, and new developments are popping up left and right. But...
- Research articles 2008-04-09
- WR Grace to pay federal government $250 million for Montana asbestos
- HELENA, Mont. -- W.R. Grace & Co. has agreed to reimburse the federal government $250 million for the investigation and cleanup of asbestos contamination blamed for sickening hundreds of people, some fatally, in the northwestern Montana town of Libby. Approval of a U.S. Bankruptcy Court judge is necessary...
- Research articles 2008-03-17
- 2008 Kalamazoo River Cleanup Work Begins; Plainwell Meeting April 2
- To: STATE EDITORS Contact: Don de Blasio, +1-312-886-4360, deblasio.don@epa.gov, or Phillippa Cannon, +1-312-353-6218, cannon.phillippa@epa.gov, or Mick Hans, +1-312-353-5050, hans.mick@epa.gov, all of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency CHICAGO,March 17/PRNewswire-USNewswire/ --U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 today announced that 2008 Kalamazoo River environmental cleanup work near the Plainwell Impoundment is underway....
- Research articles 2008-03-17
- Leaky underground tank problem widespread in Utah
- Earlier this year there were more than 100 unresolved cases of underground storage tanks, most that contained gasoline, that have leaked just in Salt Lake City. Data compiled by the Utah Department of Environmental Quality showed there were 35 open cases in Ogden, 25 in St. George and 16 in...
- Research articles 2008-03-14
- W.R. Grace to Pay for Cleanup of Asbestos Contamination in Libby, Montana
- To: NATIONAL EDITORS Contact: U.S. Department of Justice Office of Public Affairs, +1- 202-514-2007 WASHINGTON, March 11 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- W.R. Grace, a global supplier of specialty chemicals, has agreed to pay $250 million, the highest sum in the history of the Superfund program, to reimburse the federal government for...
- Research articles 2008-03-11
- Use of trucks OK'd for cleaning up tainted Moab site
- The Department of Energy announced Friday that it will allow the use of trucking to haul away tons of waste from a uranium mill tailings site in Moab. Rep. Jim Matheson, D-Utah, said last month that DOE Secretary Samuel Bodman was "dragging his feet" on removing radioactive tailings...
- Research articles 2008-03-01
- Counter contamination an uphill battle: a groundwater cleanup project at Fort Riley needed some extra Army muscle to conquer an uphill plume.
- It's one thing to have a large contaminated groundwater cleanup project on your hands; it's another thing to find an additional area of contamination in the process of cleaning up the first one--especially when the new problem will be an uphill battle. Literally. ...
- Research articles 2008-03-01
- NLC member testifies before Congress on brownfields reauthorization.
- House Democrats began laying the groundwork for reauthorizing the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's EPA brownfields program by holding a hearing before the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment. Matt Zone, council member from Cleveland, presented the local government perspective on...
- Research articles 2008-02-18
- Atlantic Richfield Company Agrees to Pay $187 Million for Montana Superfund Cleanup
- To: NATIONAL EDITORS Contact: U.S. Department of Justice Office of Public Affairs, +1- 202-514-2007, or the Environmental Protection Agency, +1-406-457- 5030 BUTTE, Mont., Feb. 7 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Atlantic Richfield Company ARCO has agreed to pay $187 million that will finance a major cleanup along 120 miles of the...
- Research articles 2008-02-07
- Three Parties Agree to Pay for Cleanup of Iron Horse Park Superfund Site in Massachusetts
- To: NATIONAL EDITORS Contact: U.S. Department of Justice Office of Public Affairs, +1- 202-514-2007, or TDD, +1-202-514-1888; or Environmental Protection Agency, +1-617-918-1017 WASHINGTON, Jan. 16 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ --- Boston and Maine Corp., BNZ Materials Inc., and the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority MBTA, have agreed to perform environmental cleanup work expected...
- Research articles 2008-01-16
- EPA awards $150,000 to Oklahoma
- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has awarded $150,000 to the Oklahoma Corporation Commission for its State Environmental Response Program. Under this cooperative agreement with EPA Region 6, OCC staff will assist in identifying contamination, plan for cleanup if contaminants are found, and in some limited cases, assist in...
- Research articles 2008-01-14
- Insurance Company Agrees to Pay $42.5 Million for Environmental Cleanup at Former Fruit of the Loom Facilities
- To: POLITICAL EDITORS Contact: U.S. Department of Justice Office of Public Affairs, +1- 202-514-2007 WASHINGTON, Jan. 9 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ --- The American International Specialty Lines Insurance Company, Inc. AISLIC, has agreed to pay $42.5 million to clean up contamination at four industrial facilities in a suit in which the Department...
- Research articles 2008-01-09
- Les Schwab Tire Centers , Prineville, OR, has received recognition for its work in environmental stewardship with an award from the Association of Washington Business
- Les Schwab Tire Centers (www.lesschwab.com), Prineville, OR, has received recognition for its work in environmental stewardship with an award from the Association of Washington Business, honoring the company's leadership in educating and building partnerships that led to the cleanup of waste tire piles throughout Washington.
- Research articles 2007-12-01
- Cleanup contractor won't answer spill questions
- SACRAMENTO -- State lawmakers investigating the recent Bay Area oil spill and cleanup effort are suddenly facing a major difficulty in probing what happened. Company officials responsible for the initial response are refusing to be questioned at a hearing today. Imelda Ilerenas, a spokeswoman for Louisiana-based The...
- Research articles 2007-11-30
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