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News Releases - Superfund and Brownfields

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11/23/2009U.S. Navy agrees to consider more cleanup options at Kitsap County Superfund Site
11/23/2009Recovery Act Funding to Accelerate Cleanup, Boost Economy, Create Jobs and Protect Human Health at New Jersey Hazardous Waste Site; $25 million in Recovery Act funds added to cleanup at Imperial Oil Superfund Site
11/18/2009EPA: No dioxin contamination in samples from Saginaw, Midland and Bay City water supply systems
11/17/2009U.S. EPA signs agreement addressing indoor air contamination at Omega Chemical Corporation Superfund Site in Whittier
11/16/2009Settlement Clears Way for Cleanup Work at Hows Corner Superfund Site in Plymouth, Maine
11/10/2009Slag waste removal under way at Recovery Act - funded Kokomo Superfund site
11/09/2009Iowa City, Iowa, Hosts Events to Redevelop Riverfront Crossings District
11/09/2009Media Advisory: Briefing on Kokomo, Indiana's, Continental Steel Superfund site, Nov. 10, 1 p.m.
11/04/2009U.S. EPA directs Chevron subsidiary Texaco Inc. to complete cleanup work investigation at Pacific Coast Pipeline Superfund site
11/03/2009Peck Iron Site Added to Superfund List
11/03/2009NEWS BRIEF: EPA, federal, state, Navajo Nation hold second summit to address uranium contamination on the Navajo Nation
11/03/2009EPA Adds Three Hazardous Waste Sites to Superfund’s National Priorities List
11/03/2009EPA extends comment period on proposed Dow Chemical agreement; meeting Nov. 5, 7 p.m.
11/02/2009EPA adds U.S. Magnesium to Superfund site list
11/02/2009EPA Adds Raritan Bay Site to Nation's Superfund List
11/02/2009U.S. EPA Takes Action Against San Francisco “Muni” following 2005 SF Bay Oil Spill
10/30/2009EPA Finalizes Cleanup Plan for Hopewell Precision Site
10/28/2009EPA picks cleanup plan for Copley Square Plaza Superfund site
10/27/2009EPA Visits STRIVE/East Harlem’s Green Job Training Program; Training Made Possible By Brownfields Grants
10/27/2009U.S. EPA settles with the GATX Corporation for failing to notify authorities after 2008 ammonia release
10/26/2009Tests Show Recontamination of Soils in Herculaneum, Mo., from Doe Run Resources Corporation Lead Smelting Operation
10/23/2009Milwaukee's Moss-American Superfund Cleanup nears completion
20-year effort involved dredging, reroute of Little Menomonee River
10/22/2009EPA reaches agreement with Arizona mining company to study uranium-tainted groundwater on Tohono O’odham
10/22/2009MEDIA ADVISORY: Briefing on wrap-up of 20-year Milwaukee Superfund Cleanup Oct. 23, 1 p.m.
10/21/2009Work Plan for Non Time-Critical Cleanup Alternatives for Restoration of the TVA Kingston Site Released for Public Review
10/19/2009U.S. EPA, Alagasco, and Huntsville Housing Authority Announce Agreement to Conduct a Removal Action at the Former Huntsville Manufactured Gas Plant in Huntsville, Alabama
10/16/2009EPA and MDEQ seek comment on proposed Dow Chemical Agreement; public meeting Nov. 5
10/15/2009EPA Extends Public Comment Period for Proposal to Put Newtown Creek on Nation's Superfund List
10/15/2009Second Phase of Cleanup Underway at the Gulf States Steel Site in Gadsden, Alabama
10/15/2009EPA Plans to Develop Interim Preliminary Remediation Goals for Dioxin in Soil
10/14/2009Soil Removal and Phase 2 Lead Sampling to Begin in Pittsburg, Kan.
10/13/2009EPA Signs Agreement with Army Corps, Dept. of Energy to Ensure Cleanup of Middlesex, NJ Site
10/05/2009EPA: some water samples from Saginaw, Midland and Bay City unusable due to lab contamination; retesting for furans to begin
10/05/2009U.S. EPA to spend more than $50 Million to address DDT, PCBs off Southern California Coast
10/02/2009New Orleans Hosts 13th National Brownfields 2009 Conference at Morial Convention Center November 16-18
09/30/2009Agreement to Enable Environmental Cleanup, Redevelopment of Former Solutia-J.F. Queeny Chemical Facility in St. Louis
09/30/2009EPA reviews Univ. of Michigan dioxin study; finds limited application to Tittabawassee River and Saginaw River and Bay
09/29/2009Recovery Act Funding to Accelerate Cleanup of Residential Soil at Madison County (Mo.) Mines Superfund Site
09/28/2009Dow negotiations conclude; proposed cleanup pending
09/28/2009Phoenix Superfund Site Enters Next Phase of Clean Up
09/28/2009Cedar Falls, Iowa, Hosts Smart Growth Workshops, Open House
09/24/2009Last trainload of sediments leaves the Milltown Reservoir Sediments Superfund Site
09/23/2009Salt Chuck Mine on Alaska’s Prince of Wales Island Proposed for Federal Cleanup List
09/23/2009Former Mercury Mine Above Cottage Grove Reservoir Proposed for Federal Cleanup List
09/23/2009Papelera Puertorriquena Site Added to EPA Superfund List
09/23/2009B.F Goodrich site added to U.S. EPA’s Superfund list
09/23/2009EPA Proposes Newtown Creek for the Superfund List of Hazardous Waste Sites
09/23/2009EPA Adds Curtis Paper Site to the Superfund List of Hazardous Waste Sites
09/23/2009EPA adds Cedarburg, Wis., site to Superfund list
09/23/2009EPA adds Elkhart site to Superfund list
09/23/2009EPA Adds Two Hazardous Waste Sites in North Carolina to Superfund’s National Priorities List

EPA also proposes to add two new sites in Florida and one in North Carolina to the NPL
09/23/2009EPA proposes St. Louis, Mich., site for Superfund List
09/23/2009EPA proposes Hartford, Ill., site for Superfund List
09/23/2009EPA Updates Its National Priorities List of Superfund Sites – One Proposed in Texas
09/23/2009Millsboro TCE site proposed for Superfund list
09/23/2009Salford Quarry Site Added to Superfund List
09/23/2009EPA Adds 11 Hazardous Waste Sites to Superfund’s National Priorities List / EPA also proposes to add 10 additional sites
09/23/2009Southwest Jefferson County (Mo.) Mining Site Added to EPA's Superfund National Priorities List for Cleanup
09/23/2009Registration Open for 12th Annual Cornell Pond Fishing Derby in North Dartmouth, Mass.
09/22/2009EPA Awards $200,000 to the City of Waco
09/18/2009EPA Proposes Agreement to Cleanup McGuire Air Force Base Superfund Site
09/18/2009Recycling and Land Reuse Practices Can Help Fight Climate Change
09/17/2009Administration Officials Visit Chicago, Dubuque on Sustainable Communities Tour
09/16/2009EPA meeting on Ottawa, Ohio, lead waste investigation Sept. 24, 7 p.m.
09/16/2009EPA to Host Neighborhood Meeting for Parker Street Waste Site
09/16/2009EPA, BNSF to begin removal of contaminated sediments from the Whitefish River
09/15/2009Input Sought on Proposed Actions at Three Camp Edwards Sites
09/14/2009EPA Finishes Successful Cleanup of Hazardous Chemicals from New Jersey Facility
09/11/2009Environmental Emergency Responders Plan for
Major San Francisco Bay Area Earthquake
09/10/2009Head Start on Engineering Work Will Help Speed Gasco and Siltronic Site Cleanup
09/10/2009EPA Returns to Perry County, Alabama’s Arrowhead Landfill
09/10/2009EPA begins final cleanup of Recovery Act- funded South Minneapolis arsenic site
09/09/2009EPA Begins Newly-Accessed Private Well Sampling
near Mills Gap Site (Former CTS Plant) in Asheville, N.C.
09/08/2009EPA begins final cleanup of Recovery Act-funded south Minneapolis arsenic site
09/08/2009EPA Seeks Comment on Greener Site Cleanups
09/04/2009MEDIA ADVISORY: Briefing on South Minneapolis Arsenic Superfund Site Sept. 8, 2 P.M.
09/03/2009EPA Meets Day 200 Recovery Act Commitment, Promoting Green Jobs and Healthier Communities / Agency announces it has accelerated or begun cleanup on 20 contaminated U.S. sites
09/03/2009EPA Briefing at September Housatonic River Commission Meeting
09/03/2009New Jersey Site Ready to Come off Superfund List
09/02/2009Cleanup Resumes at the Kentucky Wood Preserving Site in Winchester, KY
09/02/2009$8.5 Million Settlement Reached to Clean up Landia Superfund Site
09/01/2009EPA Meeting on Kalamazoo River - Allied Paper Landfill cleanup Sept. 10, 6:30 p.m.
09/01/2009EPA Continues Outreach for Private Well Access near Mills Gap Site (Former CTS Plant) in Asheville, N.C.
08/31/2009EPA to Coordinate with ATSDR and Other Health Entities to Conduct Blood-Lead Screenings in Treece, Kan.
08/31/2009EPA to Conduct Air Monitoring in Treece, Kan.
08/28/2009Recovery Act Funding to Accelerate Cleanup, Boost Economy, Create Jobs and Protect Human Health at New Jersey Hazardous Waste Site
08/27/2009U.S. EPA reaches major settlement for cleanup of San Gabriel Valley Superfund site
08/27/2009EPA Hosts Five Free Brownfields Workshops in September for 2010 Competition
08/21/2009EPA - MDEQ Tri-Cities Roundup: Advisory Group Workshop Aug. 15
08/21/2009Virgin Islands Site Ready to Come off Superfund List
08/20/2009EPA to Participate During 9-1-1 Day at T-Bones' Ballpark
08/20/2009EPA to begin final cleanup of Recovery Act-funded South Minneapolis arsenic site; Open House Aug. 26
08/18/2009EPA Brownfields Grant Applications Accepted Through Oct. 16
08/17/2009EPA to Hold Meeting to Inform Community on Next Steps at Welsbach Superfund Site
08/12/2009Public health and safety a priority during East Helena Smelter stack demolition on August 14
08/12/2009EPA - MDEQ TRI-CITIES ROUNDUP: ADVISORY GROUP WORKSHOP AUG. 15
08/11/2009U.S. EPA awards Los Angeles Conservation Corps $700,000 for green job training
08/11/2009Short-Term Cleanup to Begin at Centredale Manor Restoration Project in N. Providence
08/11/2009EPA Awards Additional $25K to Brunswick Area Citizens for a Safe Environment
08/11/2009EPA to Hold Public Meeting Tonight on Proposed Cleanup Plan for Hopewell Precision Site

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