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EPA Updates National Priorities List, Advances Agency’s Commitment to Expedite Cleanup Across the Country
One Region 7 site is proposed for the NPL: Sporlan Valve Plant #1 in Washington, Missouri
Environmental News
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
(Lenexa, Kan., Sept. 11, 2018) - Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced its commitment to clean up five hazardous waste sites by adding them to the Superfund Program’s National Priorities List (NPL) and proposing to add another six sites to the NPL. These additions represent commitments from the Agency to advance cleanup to protect communities across the country. In EPA Region 7, one site is proposed for the NPL: Sporlan Valve Plant #1 in Washington, Missouri.
“In adding these sites to the NPL, EPA is carrying out one of our core responsibilities to the American people,” said EPA Acting Administrator Andrew Wheeler. “Cleaning up sites that pose risks to public health and the environment is a critical part of our mission and it provides significant health and economic benefits to communities across the country.”
The following sites are being added to the NPL:
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Rockwell International Wheel & Trim in Grenada, Mississippi
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Southside Chattanooga Lead in Chattanooga, Tennessee
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Broadway Street Corridor Groundwater Contamination in Anderson, Indiana
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Donnelsville Contaminated Aquifer in Donnelsville, Ohio
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Delfasco Forge in Grand Prairie, Texas
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Magna Metals in Cortlandt Manor, New York
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Shaffer Equipment/Arbuckle Creek Area in Minden, West Virginia
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Cliff Drive Groundwater Contamination in Logansport, Indiana
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McLouth Steel Corp in Trenton, Michigan
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Sporlan Valve Plant #1 in Washington, Missouri
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Copper Bluff Mine in Hoopa, California
- 2018 Recommendation Update
- Superfund Task Force Recommendations
- For Federal Register notices and supporting documents for the final and proposed sites, visit EPA's website.
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