The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to add the defunct Hercules Inc. chemical manufacturing plant in Hattiesburg to its priority list of hazardous waste sites around the nation. Hercules Inc. produced hundreds of chemical products and pesticides from 1923-2009. Since its closure, multiple EPA inspections have turned up benzene and a dozen-plus contaminants in the groundwater. After its most recent inspection in 2021, EPA proposed in March to add Hercules to its Superfund National Priorities List. Hattiesburg has eight drinking wells within two miles of the site. The EPA hasn’t found any impact to those wells but says it will continue sampling the residential area. The agency is receiving comments from the public until June 16, and will hold a public meeting at 6 p.m. on May 19 at the C.E. Roy Community Center in Hattiesburg. (Source: Mississippi Today 05/12/22) Hattiesburg plant proposed as hazardous waste site - Mississippi Today
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