Superfund

Comment Period Open For Proposed Superfund Clean Up Plan On Seattle's Duwamish River

Ashley Ahearn — Tue, 14 May 2013 13:38:09 +0000

The proposed clean up plan for the Duwamish River super fund site in Seattle is open for final public comment. The 305 million dollar plan would tackle 100 years of industrial pollution that have lead to high levels of contamination in the river. Ashley Ahearn reports the EPA is asking the public to weigh in.

EPA Criticizes Clean-Up Study for Portland Harbor Superfund Site

Amelia Templeton — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 14:29:09 +0000

The EPA announced it will redo parts of a study exploring ways to clean-up the Portland Harbor Superfund site. An initial draft prepared by groups that will pay for the cleanup was biased, the agency says. Amelia Templeton of EarthFix explains.

Work Begins On Central Washington Superfund Site

Anna King — Tue, 12 Jun 2012 00:09:41 +0000

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has started the cleanup of a superfund site near Moses Lake in central Washington. As correspondent Anna King reports, this restoration has been in the works for decades.

The contaminated area is made up of an old Air Force airport, a county airport and some adjacent lands. Dumpsites there are loaded with chemicals like PCBs, lead and petroleum. The EPA has started testing and designing a treatment system to remove trichloroethylene from the groundwater at the superfund site.

EPA Scales Back North Idaho Clean-Up

Steve Jackson — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 14:30:54 +0000

SILVER VALLEY, Idaho -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has decided to scale back plans for cleaning up Idaho’s Silver Valley. The region has been the site of a Superfund clean-up of mining waste since the 1980s. Steve Jackson has more on the story.