[CPEO-BIF] Delaware proposes Millsboro for Superfund

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Del. asks EPA to clean up site with Superfund
Markell says federal help needed because of state budget problems

BY JEFF MONTGOMERY •
THE NEWS JOURNAL (DE)
MAY 20, 2009


MILLSBORO -- Delaware has asked federal officials to put a 
Millsboro-area chemical spill site on the federal "Superfund" cleanup 
list, citing state budget problems and shrinking financial reserves for 
locally managed toxic cleanups.

In a letter to the Environmental Protect-ion Agency, Gov. Jack Markell 
said Delaware opened an "aggressive" investigation and cleanup effort 
after a chemical solvent was found in one of Millsboro's shallow public 
water-supply wells in late 2005. The contamination forced a temporary 
shutdown of Millsboro's water system and installation of a costly carbon 
filter system.

Federal help is needed, Markell said, because of a "lack of active 
participation by the potentially responsible parties" as well as 
long-term risks to residents. Department of Natural Resources and 
Environmental Control officials estimated that recovery, containment and 
cleanup costs eventually could top $10 million.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.delmarvanow.com/article/20090520/DW01/905200330

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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