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EPA ADDS GARVEY ELEVATOR SITE TO SUPERFUND PRIORITY LIST

Release Date: 09/14/2005
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Jan Lambert
(913) 551-7768
lambert.janette@epa.gov

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

September 14, 2005

EPA ADDS GARVEY ELEVATOR SITE TO SUPERFUND PRIORITY LIST

EPA has added Garvey Elevator, Hastings, Neb., to the National Priorities List of hazardous waste sites. EPA has determined this site warrants further response actions. This is a grain elevator site that had releases of carbon tetrachloride into ground water used as an area drinking water supply.

Sites on the list become eligible for extensive, long-term cleanup actions and related funding under the Superfund Program. EPA published the rule in the Federal Register Sept. 14, 2005.

Additional information about the site and EPA's role in the community is available from:

Jan Lambert
Community Involvement Coordinator
(913) 551-7768
Toll-free (800) 223-0425
lambert.janette@epa.gov