[CPEO-BIF] EPA Adds 7 final, 14 proposed hazardous waste sites to NPL

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Press Advisory
UNDER NEW LAND REVITALIZATION AGENDA, EPA ADDS SEVEN FINAL, 14 PROPOSED
HAZARDOUS WASTE SITES TO THE SUPERFUND NATIONAL PRIORITIES LIST
Dave Ryan 202-564-7827/ryan.dave@epa.gov


EPA is continuing to make great progress in protecting public health,
cleaning up the nation's hazardous waste, and encouraging economic
revitalization and land reuse by proposing 14 sites to the Superfund
National Priorities List (NPL) and finalizing seven more. EPA's
selection of the 14 proposed new sites was based on various factors
including: risk to human health and the environment, the need for urgent
response, maintenance of a strong enforcement program, leverage of other
cleanups, the level of support for listing from state, tribes, and
communities, and program management and resource considerations. At all
of these sites, EPA will work with states, tribes, local communities and
other partners in identifying land reuse options and opportunities where
they can work together to spur economic revitalization. In its recently
announced Land Revitalization Agenda, EPA made a commitment that cleanup
of contaminated land is not enough ---- these sites must be available to
the community to provide jobs, tax revenues and recreational benefits
that did not previously exist. Revitalization and reuse will now be a
formal part of planning at every site. The 14 proposed sites are: AMCO
Chemical, Oakland, Calif.; Captain Jack Mill, Ward, Colo.; 68th Street
Dump, Baltimore, Md.; Madison County Mines, Fredericktown, Mo.; Newton
County Mine Tailings, Newton County, Mo.; Ram Leather Care, Charlotte,
N.C.; Troy Mills Landfill, Troy, N.H.; Rolling Knolls Landfill, Chatham
Township, N.J.; Standard Chlorine Chemical Company Inc., Kearny, N.J.;
White Swan/Sun Cleaners GW Contamination, Wall Township, N.J.; Armco
Inc., Hamilton Plant, Hamilton, Ohio; Peters Cartridge Factory, Kings
Mills, Ohio; Conroe Creosoting \fs24softlineCompany, Conroe, Texas; and
Jones Road Ground Water Plume, Harris County, Texas. Proposed sites must
go through a public comment period before they can be finalized on the
NPL. The seven final sites are: United Metals Inc., Marianna, Fla.; Ward
Transformer, Raleigh, N.C.; Omaha Lead, Omaha, Neb.; Woodbrook Road
Dump, South Plainfield, N.J.; Pesticide Warehouse III, Manati, Puerto
Rico; Gulfco Marine Maintenance, Freeport, Texas; Davenport and
Flagstaff Smelters, Sandy City, Utah. These final seven sites are now
eligible for Superfund remedial action funds. The NPL now contains 1,236
final sites. Cleanup construction has been completed at 850 sites and is
underway at 384 additional sites. For Federal Register notices and
support documents for the new proposed and final sites, see:
http://www.epa.gov/superfund/sites/npl/newnpl.htm


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