U.S. EPA Superfund and Brownfields News http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/By+Date!open en-us http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/2A35AD35B5B0A8B985257B8E007258E9EPA program offers job training to communities impacted by Superfund cleanups (Seattle—June 18, 2013) On Tuesday, June 18, 14 men and women will graduate from the EPA Superfund Job Training Initiative with skills and certifications that make them eligible for jobs associated with the Lower Duwamish Waterway Superfund cleanup. The graduation will be held at the McKinstry Innovation Center in SeattleTue, 18 Jun 2013 16:52:07 -0400http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/2A35AD35B5B0A8B985257B8E007258E9http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/831A868D332397F885257B89006EEA7AEnvironmental News FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (Lenexa, Kan., June 13, 2013) - U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 7 today announced that St. Louis Community College (SLCC) has been selected to receive $199,994 to train unemployed and underemployed residents of St. Louis in hazardous waste cleanup. Residents who are unemployed, receive public assistance, or are low-income employed and living within the St. Louis metropolitan area, including the City of St. Louis and StThu, 13 Jun 2013 17:08:34 -0400http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/831A868D332397F885257B89006EEA7Ahttp://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/C6238EA858897E3885257B890072F32E(06/13/13) SAN FRANCISCO – Today the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is announcing the selection of 16 grantees for a total award of $3.2 million through the agency's Environmental Workforce Development and Job Training (EWDJT) program. The grants support local work to recruit, train, and place unemployed individuals in jobs that address environmental challenges in their communitiesThu, 13 Jun 2013 16:55:33 -0400http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/C6238EA858897E3885257B890072F32Ehttp://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/1A86EA196182E9A185257B890071BABB(06/13/13) WASHINGTON – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today announced more $2 million to 25 small businesses nationwide to develop new environmental technologies that will help protect people’s health and the environment. California leads the nation with six companies selected for the award; four are located in Southern California, and two are in Northern CaliforniaThu, 13 Jun 2013 16:47:03 -0400http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/1A86EA196182E9A185257B890071BABBhttp://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/BD0CC8E42E11E28285257B89006B94C5(Dallas – June 13, 2013) Today the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is announcing Rose State College in Oklahoma as a recipient of the Environmental Workforce Development and Job Training (EWDJT) program. The grants support local work to recruit, train, and place unemployed individuals in jobs that address environmental challenges in their communitiesThu, 13 Jun 2013 15:38:03 -0400http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/BD0CC8E42E11E28285257B89006B94C5http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/966F6ABEBF9B63D485257B89006B312E(Dallas – June 13, 2013) Today the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is announcing Southern University in Shreveport, LA, as a recipient of the Environmental Workforce Development and Job Training (EWDJT) program. The grants support local work to recruit, train, and place unemployed individuals in jobs that address environmental challenges in their communitiesThu, 13 Jun 2013 15:34:44 -0400http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/966F6ABEBF9B63D485257B89006B312Ehttp://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/6BA69BED998884A585257B8900686ACD(New York, N.Y.) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has awarded the Fortune Society of New York a $200,000 grant to support the organization’s program to recruit, train and place formerly incarcerated people in green jobs assessing and cleaning up brownfields and other contaminated sites. Brownfields are properties at which moderate contamination can interfere with redevelopment. The grant was awarded through the EPA’s Environmental Workforce Development and Job Training programThu, 13 Jun 2013 15:14:55 -0400http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/6BA69BED998884A585257B8900686ACDhttp://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/E08038D855760AE385257B8900603A42(Dallas – June 13, 2013) WASHINGTON – Today the United States and the state of Arkansas filed a joint enforcement action against ExxonMobil Pipeline Company and Mobil Pipe Line Company (ExxonMobil) in federal district court in Little Rock, Ark. The complaint addresses ExxonMobil’s unlawful discharge of heavy crude oil from a 20-inch-diameter interstate pipeline – the Pegasus Pipeline – that ruptured in Mayflower, Ark., on March 29, 2013Thu, 13 Jun 2013 14:59:29 -0400http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/E08038D855760AE385257B8900603A42http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/53102148C9883A0385257B89005A1426WASHINGTON –Today the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is announcing the selection of 16 grantees for a total award of $3.2 million through the agency's Environmental Workforce Development and Job Training (EWDJT) Program. The grants support local work to recruit, train, and place unemployed individuals in jobs that address environmental challenges in their communitiesThu, 13 Jun 2013 14:33:40 -0400http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/53102148C9883A0385257B89005A1426http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/553EE1DDB737368485257B890065AC50(ATLANTA – June 13, 2013) Today the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the selection of Florida State College at Jacksonville, Fla. as a recipient of the agency's Environmental Workforce Development and Job Training (EWDJT) program. The grant supports local work to recruit, train, and place unemployed individuals in jobs that address environmental challenges in their communitiesThu, 13 Jun 2013 14:32:28 -0400http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/553EE1DDB737368485257B890065AC50http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/13D38014E19901B185257B8700737DEB(Seattle – June 11, 2013) The FMC Corporation will begin cleanup work at the former FMC facility near Pocatello under a Unilateral Administrative Order (UAO) from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The Order outlines a schedule and other terms which will guide the implementation of the cleanup work outlined in the Interim Record of Decision issued last yearTue, 11 Jun 2013 17:15:38 -0400http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/13D38014E19901B185257B8700737DEBhttp://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/B61E3EAA7F704ACF85257B870040BF70BALTIMORE, Md. (June 10, 2013) -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today announced $400,000 in brownfields assessment funding to the Baltimore Development Corporation, the city’s economic development agency, to identify and assess potentially contaminated sites for clean-up and redevelopmentTue, 11 Jun 2013 07:49:31 -0400http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/B61E3EAA7F704ACF85257B870040BF70http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/57ECB67A6DCDA22585257B86005C3599(New York, N.Y.) U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Regional Administrator Judith A. Enck and Congress Member Sean Patrick Maloney today visited three Superfund sites in Orange and Dutchess Counties to review and assess progress on the cleanup of contamination at these hazardous waste sites. Their first stop was the Shenandoah Road Ground Water Contamination Superfund site in East Fishkill, New York where a system is working to treat contaminated ground waterMon, 10 Jun 2013 12:49:13 -0400http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/57ECB67A6DCDA22585257B86005C3599http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/D40F373F9621375485257B81004ACEB2(ATLANTA – June 4, 2013) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 4 Superfund Division will host a Proposed Plan Public Meeting regarding the Sanford Cleaners Superfund Site on Thursday, June 6, 2013 at the City Commission Chambers located at 300 N. Park Ave., Sanford, FL 32772. DATE: June 6, 2013 TIME: 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM LOCATION: Sanford City Hall – Commission Chambers 300 N Park AveTue, 4 Jun 2013 00:00:01 -0400http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/D40F373F9621375485257B81004ACEB2http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/DA7310CC01E5948585257B80006E490EEnvironmental News FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (Lenexa, Kan., June 4, 2013) - National and regional EPA officials, along with state and local leaders, gathered today in Omaha, Neb., to announce EPA’s proposed deletion of 1,154 properties from the National Priorities List (NPL) at the Omaha Lead Superfund Site, a first official signal of completed cleanup for part of the nation’s largest residential lead remediation siteTue, 4 Jun 2013 16:20:24 -0400http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/DA7310CC01E5948585257B80006E490Ehttp://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/CA158DD7EB2ECEC285257B7F00735AD9Environmental News NEWS MEDIA ADVISORY - FOR COVERAGE PLANNING PURPOSES ONLY (Lenexa, Kan., June 3, 2013) - National and regional EPA officials will visit Lincoln, Neb., on Wednesday, June 5, to present $400,000 in EPA Brownfields grants to representatives of the West Haymarket Joint Public Agency. These grants will provide key funding for the cleanup of hazardous substances at two former commercial properties that will be revitalized as part of Lincoln’s West Haymarket Redevelopment ProjectMon, 3 Jun 2013 17:17:29 -0400http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/CA158DD7EB2ECEC285257B7F00735AD9http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/8C6322049ED3E6D685257B7F006D1F10Environmental News NEWS MEDIA ADVISORY - FOR COVERAGE PLANNING PURPOSES ONLY (Lenexa, Kan., June 3, 2013) - National and regional EPA officials and local government officials will hold a news conference on Tuesday, June 4, in Omaha, Neb., to discuss a significant milestone in the Agency’s continuing efforts to clean up toxic lead from residential yards and properties in the city. The news conference will be held at 1 p.mMon, 3 Jun 2013 16:10:10 -0400http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/8C6322049ED3E6D685257B7F006D1F10http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/147E7F49FEF4ACFE85257B7C005244A3(New York, N.Y.) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has finalized a plan to clean up lead contamination at the Raritan Bay Slag Superfund site in Old Bridge and Sayreville, New Jersey. EPA Regional Administrator Judith A. Enck announced the plan today at the site in Old Bridge, New Jersey. She was joined by Congressmember Frank Pallone and Old Bridge Mayor Owen HenryFri, 31 May 2013 11:00:33 -0400http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/147E7F49FEF4ACFE85257B7C005244A3http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/D623E2EB55DCCA3885257B7B00555A48BALTIMORE (May 30, 2013) - The U.S. Coast Guard has completed cleanup construction activity at the Curtis Bay Yard Superfund site in Anne Arundel County, Md., the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced today. EPA provided oversight of the massive 11-year cleanup project and the U.S. Coast Guard led the cleanup effort, which included excavating thousands of tons of contaminated soil and sediment while making use of innovative green practicesThu, 30 May 2013 11:34:32 -0400http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/D623E2EB55DCCA3885257B7B00555A48http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/EEC878691763A6D885257B7A005A876EEnvironmental News FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (Lenexa, Kan., May 29, 2013) - A March 2013 aerial survey of the West Lake Landfill at Bridgeton, Mo., has determined that radiologically-contaminated wastes buried there in the 1970s remain contained within secure, fenced areas of the Superfund site, and do not pose public health risks, according to a report issued today by EPA Region 7Wed, 29 May 2013 12:49:23 -0400http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/EEC878691763A6D885257B7A005A876Ehttp://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/290B612D6634A1C285257B79006C3D5AEnvironmental News NEWS MEDIA ADVISORY - FOR COVERAGE PLANNING PURPOSES ONLY (Lenexa, Kan., May 28, 2013) - EPA Region 7 Administrator Karl Brooks will participate in a telephone media availability for working journalists from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. Wednesday, May 29, to discuss the results of an aerial radiological survey of the West Lake Landfill Site in Bridgeton, MoTue, 28 May 2013 15:51:00 -0400http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/290B612D6634A1C285257B79006C3D5Ahttp://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/400F4D164B631FEB85257B740060270DPHILADELPHIA (May23, 2013) - Cooper Industries, LLC will reimburse the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency $340,000 for the agency’s costs incurred in cleaning up hazardous substances at the Lin-Electric Superfund site in Bluefield, W.Va. under a proposed consent decree announced today. Cooper’s corporate predecessors used the facility from 1924 to 1988 to rebuild electric motors and transformers used in coal miningThu, 23 May 2013 13:33:52 -0400http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/400F4D164B631FEB85257B740060270Dhttp://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/BC915AFBD03E466C85257B73006724CDPHILADELPHIA (May 22, 2013) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and three partner organizations are planting 5,500 new trees on 70 acres of mountainside at the Palmerton Zinc Superfund Site along the Appalachian Trail in Palmerton, Pa. that will be in place by Memorial DayWed, 22 May 2013 14:50:19 -0400http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/BC915AFBD03E466C85257B73006724CDhttp://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/806CC23A7C1AFF6A85257B7300577AC8Comprehensive investigation and cleanup planned for contamination associated with former Dept. of Veterans Affairs dry cleaning operation (Denver, Colo. – May 22, 2013) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has announced that the 700 South 1600 East PCE Plume site in Salt Lake City, Utah, was finalized to the Superfund National Priorities List (NPL) of contaminated sites. Sites on the NPL are priorities for additional study and cleanup resources under EPA's Superfund programWed, 22 May 2013 11:55:30 -0400http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/806CC23A7C1AFF6A85257B7300577AC8http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/2EA12763C290E83585257B7300510C68(New York, N.Y.) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today announced a legal agreement with Apogent Transition Corp., Beazer East, Inc., Cooper Industries, LLC and Occidental Chemical Corporation to conduct a study of the contamination at the Standard Chlorine Chemical Company, Inc. Superfund site in Kearny, New Jersey as part of the cleanup plan for the siteWed, 22 May 2013 10:51:49 -0400http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/2EA12763C290E83585257B7300510C68http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/11D4A11BCF35706D85257B730043273A(Boston, Mass. – May 21, 2013) – EPA today is adding two Massachusetts sites to the National Priorities List (NPL) of Superfund sites, and is proposing to add one New Hampshire site as well. Superfund is the federal program that investigates and cleans up the most complex, uncontrolled or abandoned hazardous waste sites in the country to protect people’s health and the environment. The former Walton & Lonsbury Inc. facility in Attleboro, MassTue, 21 May 2013 00:00:01 -0400http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/11D4A11BCF35706D85257B730043273Ahttp://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/1F79220717232ADC85257B72006E1756(May 21, 2013 – Seattle) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is proposing to add the Warmhouse Beach dump, on the Makah Reservation, in Neah Bay, Washington, to the Superfund National Priorities List. The proposed cleanup listing includes a public comment period from May 23 through July 23, 2013Tue, 21 May 2013 16:07:36 -0400http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/1F79220717232ADC85257B72006E1756http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/34D27FEA39FC34ED85257B72006B1373Smurfit-Stone Mill site proposed for National Priority List (Denver, Colo. – May 21, 2013) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today proposed adding the Smurfit-Stone Mill (Smurfit) site near Missoula, Mont., to the Superfund National Priorities List (NPL), making it eligible for additional study and cleanup resources under EPA's Superfund program. A 60-day public comment period about the proposed listing begins on Thursday, May 23rdTue, 21 May 2013 15:39:37 -0400http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/34D27FEA39FC34ED85257B72006B1373http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/40E6D73E41C9B0FE85257B7200695809Environmental News FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (Lenexa, Kan., May 21, 2013) - EPA today announced its decision to place the Former United Zinc & Associated Smelters Site in Iola, Kan., on the federal Superfund National Priorities List (NPL). The NPL is a list of the nation’s hazardous waste sites with the highest priority for cleanup. These sites are eligible for extensive, long-term response action money authorized by Congress under the Superfund programTue, 21 May 2013 15:23:06 -0400http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/40E6D73E41C9B0FE85257B7200695809http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/20A2EEEC2695B8C185257B7200699E7A(ATLANTA – May. 21, 2013) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced today the addition of two new hazardous waste sites in the southeast that pose risks to human health and the environment to the National Priorities List (NPL) of Superfund sites. EPA is also proposing to add another two sites to the list. Superfund is the federal program that investigates and cleans up the most complex, uncontrolled or abandoned hazardous waste sites in the countryTue, 21 May 2013 15:22:52 -0400http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/20A2EEEC2695B8C185257B7200699E7A