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The Philadelphia Inquirer: EPA Settlement At Upper Merion Superfund Site Could Make Way For New Apartments

03/27/2018
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EPA Press Office (press@epa.gov)

Frank Kummer
March 26, 2018
http://www.philly.com/philly/health/epa-settlement-at-upper-merion-superfund-site-could-make-way-for-new-apartments-20180326.html

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said Monday that it had reached a $1.8 million settlement with owners of a Superfund site in Upper Merion to clean up a portion of the area and pave the way for high-density housing.

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