Twelve contaminated sites will get a boost toward cleanup after EPA announced the sites for its National Priorities List, a special designation under the Superfund program that oversees areas that pose significant threats to health and the environment. EPA uses that list as its basis for prioritizing both Superfund spending and additional enforcement options. Among the 12 sites is a 3.7-mile stretch of the Lower Neponset River in the Boston area. Other sites named to the list are in states including Georgia, Indiana, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, South Carolina, Tennessee, Wisconsin and West Virginia, as well as a federal site in Oregon. In addition to the 12 sites formally added, five others are being proposed as candidates for the designation. Their addition is contingent on the outcome of a 60-day comment period. Among the five is the former Hercules chemical plant in the City of Hattiesburg. (Source: E&E News 03/17/22) EPA slates 12 new Superfund sites for cleanup - E&E News (eenews.net)
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