"No More Radioactive Dumping In Hudson River: NY Gov. Hochul Signs Ban"
"Gov. Kathy Hochul signed the “Save the Hudson” bill into law on Friday, banning any further radioactive waste dumping in the Hudson River."
Source: Gothamist, 08/21/2023
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In N. Birmingham EPA Studies ‘Cumulative Impacts’ Of Pollution And Racism
"With the EPA review ongoing at the 35th Avenue Superfund site, the Southern Environmental Law Center on Friday threatened new federal litigation against Bluestone Coke for alleged wastewater pollution."
Source: Inside Climate News, 07/18/2023
"EPA Proposes to Add First-Ever Navajo Site to Superfund List"
"The Environmental Protection Agency is proposing to add the Lukachukai Mountains Mining District to the Superfund National Priorities List, according to EPA Thursday. The site, located entirely on the Navajo Nation, holds over a hundred waste piles stemming from uranium mining, the agency said."
Source: Bloomberg Environment, 03/31/2023
"Deal At N.J. Superfund Site Draws Fire"
"An agreement on cleanup measures at one of the nation’s most notorious Superfund sites is drawing blowback from some environmental advocates skeptical of provisions within the deal."
Source: E&E News, 12/07/2022
"Cleanup Liability Among Concerns About EPA’s Hazardous PFAS Plan"
"The EPA is vowing to move quickly to designate two “forever chemicals” as hazardous substances under the Superfund law, but has to balance the Biden administration’s desire to better protect disadvantaged communities with public and private sector fears they’ll be held liable for a problem not of their own making."
Source: Bloomberg Environment, 11/18/2022
"EPA Loophole Lets 600 Toxic PFAS Chemicals Evade Review, Petition Says"
"A loophole in the federal government’s procedures for reviewing new chemicals has allowed at least 600 so-called forever chemicals into American markets despite evidence they pose serious health risks, according to a petition filed Thursday."
Source: Reuters, 10/17/2022
Houston Rail Yard Linked To Highly Toxic Waste Mixed With Creosote
"Fifth Ward and Kashmere Gardens residents have been fighting for years to get hazardous creosote chemicals cleaned up from the ground and groundwater around their homes. But creosote might not have been the only harmful substance that workers used at the rail yard in the neighborhood, and it might not have been the most dangerous."
Source: Houston Chronicle, 08/29/2022
"EPA Expands PFAS Crackdown With Superfund Proposal"
"EPA today proposed designating two per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), as hazardous substances under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA), also known as the Superfund law. That move would unlock a major tool for regulators seeking to recoup costs from polluters as they progress with cleanup efforts at contaminated sites."
Source: E&E News, 08/29/2022
EPA OKs Plan To Truck Contamination From One Black Community To Another
"Contaminated soil from a Superfund site in Navassa [N.C.] will be shipped to one of three landfills outside Brunswick County, likely moving toxic pollution from one non-white or low-income community to another."
Source: States Newsroom, 08/10/2022
Atlanta Superfund Site Leaves Black Neighborhoods Wary of Gentrification
"The EPA wants to test soil for lead contamination in two historically Black neighborhoods on Atlanta’s west side. Residents, eyeing the creep of gentrification, worry that the cleanup is part of an effort to push them out."
Source: Inside Climate News, 07/26/2022
