1998 CPEO Military List Archive

From: Center for Public Environmental Oversight <cpeo@cpeo.org>
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 1998 12:37:21 -0700 (PDT)
Reply: cpeo-military
Subject: EPA Adds and Proposes New Sites to the Superfund NPL
 
EPA HQ - For Release: Friday, July 24, 1998

EPA Adds and Proposes New Sites to the Superfund National Priorities
List

EPA is proposing 14 new sites to the National Priorities List (NPL) and
adding nine. The NPL informs the public of uncontrolled hazardous waste
sites that warrant further investigation to determine if they pose risks

to human health and the environment. Sites that are placed on the NPL
are eligible for long-term "remedial action" financed under the
Superfund Trust Fund.

The proposed sites are: Pemaco Maywood, Maywood, Calif.; Evergreen Manor

Ground Water Contamination, Winnebago County, Ill.; Indian
Refinery-Texaco,Lawrenceville, Ill.; Delatte Metals, Ponchatoula, La.;
Davis Park Road TCE, Gastonia, N.C.; Federal
Creosote, Manville Borough, N.J.; Route 561 Dump, Gibbsboro, N.J.; North

Railfoad Avenue Plume, Espanola, N.M.; Computer Circuits, Hauppauge,
N.Y.; Lehigh Valley Railroad, Le Roy, N.Y.; Fox River NRDA/PCB Releases,

Green Bay, Wisc.; Andrews Air Force Base, Camp Springs, Md.; Brandywine
DRMO, Brandywine, Md.; and Little Creek Naval Amphibious Base, Virginia
Beach, Va.

The sites added to the NPL include: Solitron Microwave, Port Salerno,
Fla.; Camilla Wood Preserving Co., Camilla, Ga.; Cornell Dubilier
Electronics Inc., South Plainfield, N.J.; LCP Chemicals Inc., Linden,
N.J.; Sharon Steel Corp., Hickory Township, Penn.; Jasper Creosoting Co.

Inc., Jasper County, Texas; State Marine of Port Arthur, Jefferson
County, Texas;Washington Navy Yard, Washington, D.C.; and Fort George G.

Meade, Odenton, Md.

To obtain copies of site descriptions, contact the RCRA/Superfund
Hotline at 1-800-424-9346 or 703-412-9810. The information also can be
accessed
through the Superfund home page under the Site Information Section at:
http://www.epa.gov/Superfund.

--
Jeff Green
CPEO, SFSU Urban Institute
425 Market Street, 2nd Floor
San Francisco,CA 94105
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 fax 415-904-7765
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