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FIVE HAZARDOUS WASTE SITES PROPOSED FOR NATIONAL PRIORITIES LIST
Release Date: 01/11/2001
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FOR RELEASE: THURSDAY, JAN. 11, 2001
FIVE HAZARDOUS WASTE SITES PROPOSED
FOR NATIONAL PRIORITIES LIST
FOR NATIONAL PRIORITIES LIST
Five new hazardous waste sites are being proposed to be added to the National Priorities List (NPL). Generally, a site is proposed for the NPL if preliminary investigations indicate that it warrants further action and final listing on the NPL. Proposed sites must go through a public comment period before they can be finalized on the NPL. Currently, there are a total of 67 proposed sites and 1,229 final sites on the NPL nationwide. The five proposed sites are: Cooper Drum Company, South Gate, Calif.; Quanta Resources, Edgewater, N.J.; Griggs & Walnut Ground Water Plume, Las Cruces, N.M.; Shenandoah Road Ground Water Contamination, East Fishkill, N.Y.; and Barbar Orchard, Waynesville, N.C. This action appears in today’s Federal Register, with a public comment period on the proposed sites until March 12. Further information about these sites and the Superfund program is available at: https://www.epa.gov/superfund/sites/index.htm#desnqry
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