State
Sand erosion-control project on beach in Biloxi
Sand erosion-control project on beach in Biloxi moves into gear
Sun Herald
BY JOHN FITZHUGH
BILOXI -- Harrison County Sand Beach is taking another stab at controlling
erosion, this time from the water side.
http://www.sunherald.com/2014/09/16/5803787/sand-erosion-control-project-on.html?sp=/99/184/
The CMR expects another tough oyster season
WLOX
PASS CHRISTIAN, MS (WLOX) -There are no oysters being unloaded at the Pass
Christian docks right now, but those in the seafood industry were
anticipating that would change in just a few weeks.
http://www.wlox.com/story/26549224/oyster-season-expected-to-be-another-rough-one
Severstal completes the sale of Columbus plant to Steel Dynamics
by Associated Press
Published: September 17,2014
COLUMBUS — Russian steel company Severstal has completed its sale of a pair
of steel plants to AK Steel and Steel Dynamics.
http://msbusiness.com/blog/2014/09/17/severstal-completes-sale-columbus-plant-steel-dynamics/
Oil Spill
Minn. DNR Requests Compensation From BP Gulf Oil Spill
WCCO
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — In a clear, blue autumn sky, hundreds of American
white pelicans soar in a circulating pattern above the Mississippi River
flyway.
The majestic birds with the eight-foot wingspan are slowly meandering their
way along the annual fall migration to the Gulf of Mexico(Embedded image
moved to file: pic04827.jpg).
http://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2014/09/16/minn-dnr-requests-compensation-from-bp-gulf-oil-spill/
DEP & FWC to Host Deepwater Horizon Webinar
WTXL
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WTXL) - The Florida Department of Environmental
Protection (DEP) and Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission
(FWC) are hosting a deepwater horizon RESTORE Act funding and projects
webinar.
http://www.wtxl.com/news/dep-fwc-to-host-deepwater-horizon-webinar/article
_d84f9a4a-3e0b-11e4-adad-0017a43b2370.html
Regional
Meet the small-town Alabama mayor on President Obama's climate preparedness
task force
Press-Register
Dennis Pillion
PERDIDO BEACH, Alabama -- Perdido Beach Mayor Patsy Parker may be more
comfortable in the renovated residence that serves as the Perdido Beach
Town Hall and Council Chambers, but the mayor of the small Baldwin coastal
community of 581 residents is stepping into the national conversation as a
member of President Barack Obama's State, Local and Tribal Leaders Task
Force on Climate Preparedness and Resilience.
http://www.al.com/news/beaches/index.ssf/2014/09/meet_the_small-town_alabama_ma.html#incart_river
National
Obama unveils major new effort to tackle climate change
The Hill
The Obama administration is taking new steps to phase out the production of
a well-known chemical coolant used in refrigerators and air conditioners
that has been tied to global warming.
http://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/217811-obama-targets-popular-coolant-in-effort-to-fight-climate-change
EPA extends climate rule comment period
The Hill
The Obama administration on Tuesday added more time to the clock for the
public to comment on the president's signature climate rule on existing
power plants.
http://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/217872-administration-pushes-climate-rule-comment-period-back
LANDMARK FRACKING STUDY FINDS NO WATER POLLUTION
BY KEVIN BEGOS
ASSOCIATED PRESS
PITTSBURGH (AP) -- The final report from a landmark federal study on
hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, found no evidence that chemicals or
brine water from the gas drilling process moved upward to contaminate
drinking water at a site in western Pennsylvania.
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_GAS_DRILLING_WATER_CONTAMINATION?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT
California to restrict groundwater pumping
The Hill
California Gov. Jerry Brown (D) plans to sign a law Tuesday to regulate
groundwater pumping in an attempt to mitigate the effects of the state's
historic drought.
http://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/217816-california-to-restrict-groundwater-pumping
Curtain, reviews come down on taxpayer-funded climate change musical
Fox News
The curtain has come down on Climate Change: The Musical and reviews of the
taxpayer-funded play about global warming are downright icy.
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2014/09/17/curtain-reviews-come-down-on-taxpayer-funded-climate-change-musical/?intcmp=latestnews
Press Releases
EPA Awards Mississippi Conference of Black Mayors a 2014 Environmental
Justice Collaborative Problem-Solving Cooperative Agreement
CONTACT: Jason McDonald, (404) 562-9203 (Direct), (404) 562-8400 (Main)
mcdonald.jason@epa.gov
ATLANTA – Today the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced
today a competitive cooperative agreement with the Mississippi Conference
of Black Mayors (MCBM) to reduce lead exposure and mitigate the negative
impacts of old, inadequate housing stock for low-income, minority families
and children throughout the Mississippi Delta. The agreement is one of 12
EPA has reached with community-based organizations nationwide, totaling
about $1.4 million in funding, under this initiative.
"These cooperative agreements empower communities to implement
environmental protection projects locally," said EPA Administrator Gina
McCarthy. "With these agreements, EPA advances our commitment to
communities by providing financial and technical assistance to take action
against environmental harm."
The Environmental Justice Collaborative Problem-Solving (EJCPS) Cooperative
Agreement Program provides funding for non-profit and tribal organizations
to partner with stakeholders from across industry, government, and academia
to develop and implement solutions that significantly address environmental
and/or public health issues in American communities.
Through its "Mississippi Delta Child Lead Reduction Plan", the MCBM will
create a network of African American mayors, health care providers, and
community members. These groups will be tasked with increasing community
awareness and education about the harmful effects of lead exposure, common
sources of household sources of lead, and preventative techniques. This
collaborative effort seeks to develop and implement a "Lead Contamination
Action Plan" that will help to identify the homes that have significant
exposures, work with area health care facilities to test children's toys
and clothing for lead residue, and develop and implement lead abatement
measures.
In 2003, EPA's Office of Environmental Justice (OEJ) launched the first
solicitation for the EJCPS Cooperative Agreement Program. Since the
Program's inception, EPA has provided funding to 50 projects to help
communities understand and address exposure to environmental harms and
risks. Each of this year's recipients are awarded up to $120,000 to support
two-year projects, including identifying and reducing sources of air
pollution, reducing lead exposure in homes of low-income residents, and the
cleanup and repurposing of community dump sites. Projects must use the
Collaborative Problem Solving model, comprised of seven elements of a
successful collaborative partnership, to address local environmental and/or
public health issues.
Environmental justice is defined as the fair treatment and meaningful
involvement of all people, regardless of race or income, in the
environmental decision-making process. These awards represent EPA's
commitment to promoting localized, community-based actions to address
environmental justice issues.
Please visit
http://www.epa.gov/environmentaljustice/resources/publications/grants/cps-project-abstracts-2014.pdf
for a complete listing of the 2014 Environmental Justice Collaborative
Problem-Solving Cooperative Agreement recipients and project descriptions.
In the fall of 2014, EPA plans to release a Request for Applications for
the fiscal year 2015 Environmental Justice Small Grants Program. A schedule
of pre-application teleconference calls will be announced at that time.
More information about EPA's Environmental Justice Collaborative Problem
Solving Cooperative Agreement Program:
http://www.epa.gov/environmentaljustice/grants/ej-cps-grants.html
USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service Announces Recipients Of New
Conservation Innovation Grants
Jackson, Miss— The United States Department of Agriculture/Natural
Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) has awarded Conservation Innovation
Grants (CIGs) to the B.F. Smith Foundation-Delta F.A.R.M. in the amount of
$438,750 and to the Holmes County Food Hub for $640,775.
Under CIG, Environmental Quality Incentives Program funds are used to award
competitive grants to non-Federal governmental or nongovernmental
organizations, Tribes, or individuals. At least 50 percent of the total
cost of CIG projects must come from non-federal matching funds, including
cash and in-kind contributions provided by the grant recipient. Grantees
must work with producers and forestland owners to develop and demonstrate
the new technologies and approaches. The grants are funded through the
Environmental Quality Incentives Program.
The Delta F.A.R.M. Program began operation in the summer of 1998. The
organization serves the farmers and landowners of the Mississippi Delta by
providing technical information on conservation practices and promoting
their current conservation efforts.
The Holmes County Food Hub started in 2013 and assists small famers with
marketing and promoting their Mississippi grown products to schools
throughout Mississippi. They also promote new technologies to small farmers
such as sub surface irrigation and poly-culture crop growth.
"We are excited to see receipt of CIG's in Mississippi,�
�� stated Mississippi
NRCS State Conservationist Kurt Readus. "It will help provide innovative
ways to promote sustainable agriculture throughout our great state."
NRCS provides funding opportunities for agriculturalists and others through
various programs. CIG enables NRCS to work with other public and private
entities to accelerate technology transfer and adoption of promising
technologies to address some of the Nation's most pressing natural resource
concerns. CIG will benefit agricultural producers by providing more options
for environmental enhancement and compliance with Federal, State, and local
regulations.
The funding was made possible by the 2014 Farm Bill. For more information,
visit www.usda.gov/farmbill.
To locate your nearest NRCS office, visit;
http://offices.sc.egov.usda.gov/locator/app
EPA Announces New Actions to Curb Potent Greenhouse Gases
EPA GreenChill Partners Join Industry Leaders to Drive the Transition to
Climate-friendly Refrigerants
WASHINGTON – Building on the President's Climate Action Plan, EPA
Administrator Gina McCarthy joined private and public sector leaders at the
White House today to recognize progress and take new steps to curb
emissions of hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), potent greenhouse gases used in
refrigeration and air conditioning. Administrator McCarthy announced
additional EPA actions to reduce HFC emissions and encouraged private
sector investment in HFC-free technology.
"The good progress we are making on restoring the earth's ozone layer would
not have been possible without a strong public-private sector partnership,
"
said EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy. "I know by working together again we
can tackle the challenges of climate change and meet the President's goal
to curb emissions of the most potent greenhouse gases."
EPA announced three new actions that will help support a smooth transition
to climate-friendly alternatives to HFCs, including:
· listing additional fluorinated and non-fluorinated chemicals as
acceptable alternatives in a variety of industry applications;
· identifying refrigerant management options to reduce HFC emissions
from air conditioning and refrigeration equipment; and
· organizing with stakeholder engagement a series of sector-specific
workshops on seeking transitions away from high global warming
potential HFCs.
The new efforts build upon progress and commitments already made under
EPA's GreenChill partnership, which works with the supermarket industry to
transition to climate-friendly refrigerants, reduce the amount of
refrigerant used, and eliminate harmful refrigerant leaks. If supermarkets
nationwide reduce refrigerant leaks to the current GreenChill Partner
average of 12.4 percent, they could generate annual cost savings of over
$100 million across the industry while preventing the annual emission of
about 27 million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent (MMTCO2eq), which
is equal to emissions from the generation of electricity use by more than
3.7 million homes annually.
At the roundtable gathering, GreenChill Partners Target and Hillphoenix
announced new commitments and technologies to curb potent greenhouse gases.
Target announced that it is expanding its use of HFC-free refrigeration
systems, partnering with chemical producers to test the next generation of
climate-friendly refrigerants, and working with a beverage cooler
manufacturer to test HFC-free solutions this fall. Hillphoenix announced
that it is commercializing a new, more energy efficient, HFC-free CO2
booster system, and introducing an HFC-free hydrocarbon self-contained door
case. Kroger and Port Townsend Food Co-op of Port Townsend, Wash., also
announced that they joined EPA's GreenChill Partnership.
Other private sector efforts provide a strong foundation for future
progress. EPA recently recognized 13 EPA GreenChill Partners with the
following environmental achievement awards:
Best Corporate Emissions Rate: For the second consecutive year, Stater
Bros. Markets earned the Partnership's most prestigious award for lowering
its already low refrigerants emissions rates across all their stores.
Most Improved Emissions Rate: Buehler's Fresh Foods was honored with the
Most Improved Emissions Rate award for achieving the Partnership's largest
refrigerant leak rate reduction from 2012 to 2013.
Superior Goal Achievement: The seven Superior Goal Achievement winners met
challenging goals to reduce their refrigerant emissions. Winners include
Brookshire Grocery Company, Buehler's Fresh Foods, Food Lion, King Kullen,
Meijer, Sweetbay, and Weis Markets. King Kullen earned an Exceptional Goal
Achievement award for meeting a second, more ambitious corporate goal for
reducing refrigerant emissions.
Distinguished Partner: Raley's was honored with the Distinguished Partner
award for demonstrating extraordinary leadership and initiative during the
year to further the GreenChill mission.
GreenChill's Store Certification Program recognized stores for meeting
strict performance criteria that demonstrate their refrigeration system has
minimal impacts on the ozone layer and climate. GreenChill presented the
following store certification awards:
Best of the Best Award: The Whole Foods Market store in Brooklyn, N.Y.,
was honored for installing the most environmentally friendly refrigeration
system of the 94 stores that earned GreenChill Certification over the last
year. The Whole Foods store features an advanced centralized refrigeration
system that uses only carbon dioxide as the refrigerant, which will lower
the climate impact of refrigerant emissions by thousands of times compared
with other common refrigerants used in supermarkets.
Store Certification Excellence Award: Hillphoenix, Publix Super Markets,
and Sprouts Farmer Market earned the award for achieving more GreenChill
Store Certifications than their peers over the past year. The friendly
store certification competition between Sprouts Farmer Market and Publix
Super Markets resulted in 27 and 26 store certifications, respectively.
Hillphoenix, as a leading refrigeration system manufacturer, was
responsible for installing systems that met the stringent GreenChill
certification criteria in 67 stores.
Store Re-Certification Award: For five consecutive years the five
supermarkets who received this award met GreenChill's stringent
certification criteria. Winners include a Weis Markets store in Hanover,
Pa., a Food Lion store in Columbia, S.C., a Sprouts Farmers Market store in
San Diego, Calif., and two Publix Super Markets stores, in Winter Haven,
Fla., and Suwanee, Ga.
More about the White House Industry Leader Roundtable and new private
sector commitments and executive actions to reduce HFC emissions:
http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2014/09/16/fact-sheet-obama-administration-partners-private-sector-new-commitments-
More about the GreenChill Partnership and award winners:
http://www2.epa.gov/greenchill.
More about SNAP: http://www.epa.gov/ozone/snap/
EPA Awards 2014 Environmental Justice Collaborative Problem-Solving
Cooperative Agreements
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced today
competitive cooperative agreements with 12 community-based organizations
working to address environmental justice issues nationwide. The
Environmental Justice Collaborative Problem-Solving (EJCPS) Cooperative
Agreement Program provides funding for non-profit and tribal organizations
to partner with stakeholders from across industry, government, and academia
to develop and implement solutions that significantly address environmental
and/or public health issues in American communities.
"These cooperative agreements empower communities to implement
environmental protection projects locally," said EPA Administrator Gina
McCarthy. "With these agreements, EPA advances our commitment to
communities by providing financial and technical assistance to take action
against environmental harm."
In 2003, EPA's Office of Environmental Justice (OEJ) launched the first
solicitation for the EJCPS Cooperative Agreement Program. Since the
Program's inception, EPA has provided funding to 50 projects to help
communities understand and address exposure to environmental harms and
risks. Each of this year's recipients are awarded up to $120,000 to support
two-year projects, including identifying and reducing sources of air
pollution, reducing lead exposure in homes of low-income residents, and the
cleanup and repurposing of community dump sites. Projects must use the
Collaborative Problem Solving model, comprised of seven elements of a
successful collaborative partnership, to address local environmental and/or
public health issues.
Environmental justice is defined as the fair treatment and meaningful
involvement of all people, regardless of race or income, in the
environmental decision-making process. These awards represent EPA's
commitment to promoting localized, community-based actions to address
environmental justice issues.
The twelve cooperative agreements total about $1.4 million. The selected
recipients are:
· Montachusett Opportunity Council, Fitchburg, Massachusetts
· Partners for a Healthier Community, Inc., Springfield, Massachusetts
· Desarrollo Integral del Sur, Inc., Peñuelas, Puerto Rico
· Greensboro Housing Coalition, Greensboro, North Carolina
· Mississippi Conference of Black Mayors, Yazoo City, Mississippi
· Southwest Detroit Environmental Vision Project, Detroit, Michigan
· Groundwork New Orleans, New Orleans, Louisiana
· Trailnet, Inc., St. Louis, Missouri
· Conejos County Clean Water, Inc., Antonito, Colorado
· Environmental Health Coalition, San Diego, California
· Tolani Lake Enterprise, Navajo Nation, Northeast Arizona
· Duwamish River Cleanup Coalition, Seattle, Washington
Please visit
http://www.epa.gov/environmentaljustice/resources/publications/grants/cps-project-abstracts-2014.pdf
for a complete listing of the 2014 Environmental Justice Collaborative
Problem-Solving Cooperative Agreement recipients and project descriptions.
In the fall of 2014, EPA plans to release a Request for Applications for
the fiscal year 2015 Environmental Justice Small Grants Program. A schedule
of pre-application teleconference calls will be announced at that time.
More information about EPA's Environmental Justice Collaborative Problem
Solving Cooperative Agreement Program:
http://www.epa.gov/environmentaljustice/grants/ej-cps-grants.html
EPA Proposes One Hazardous Waste Site in the Southeast to Superfund's
National Priorities List
Cleaning up hazardous waste sites protects human health, raises property
value, and facilitates the economic restoration of communities
Contact Information: James Pinkney, (404) 562-9183 (Direct), (404) 562-8400
(Main) pinkney.james@epa.gov
Atlanta - Today the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced
that it is proposing the 35th Avenue site in Birmingham, AL, a site that
pose risks to human health and the environment, to the National Priorities
List (NPL) of Superfund sites.
The Superfund program, a federal program established by Congress in 1980,
investigates and cleans up the most complex, uncontrolled or abandoned
hazardous waste sites in the country and converts them into productive
local resources by eliminating or reducing health risks and environmental
contamination associated with hazardous waste sites.
"Cleaning up hazardous waste sites protects our country's most vulnerable
populations, prevents diseases, increases local property values and
facilitates economic restoration of communities across America," said Mathy
Stanislaus, assistant administrator for the Office of Solid Waste and
Emergency Response. "By listing a site on the Superfund National Priorities
List, we're taking an important action to protect human health and
encourage economic restoration of communities."
Recent academic research, from the study Superfund Cleanups and Infant
Health, demonstrated that investment in Superfund cleanups reduces the
incidence of congenital abnormalities for those living within 5,000 meters
(or 5,468 yards) of a site. Another study conducted by researchers at Duke
and Pittsburgh Universities, concluded that making a site final on the NPL
may increase housing prices by signaling that a site has been placed on the
path towards remediation. Furthermore, the study found that once a site has
all cleanup remedies in place, nearby properties have a significant
increase in property values as compared to pre-NPL proposal values.
The Superfund program uses remedy effectiveness information to actively
manage site operations and refine remedial strategies in order to
efficiently move sites to completion. Today, more than 800 Superfund sites
across the nation support some type of continued use, active reuse or
planned reuse activities.
The Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act
(CERCLA), the law establishing the Superfund program, gives EPA the
authority to clean up releases of hazardous substances and directs EPA to
update the NPL at least annually to protect human health and the
environment with the goal of returning these sites to communities for
productive use. The NPL contains the nation's most serious uncontrolled or
abandoned hazardous waste sites. The list serves as the basis for
prioritizing both enforcement actions and long-term EPA Superfund cleanup
funding; only sites on the NPL are eligible for such funding.
Federal Register notices and supporting documents for the final and
proposed sites:http://www.epa.gov/superfund/sites/npl/current.htm
Information about how a site is listed on the NPL:
http://www.epa.gov/superfund/sites/npl/npl_hrs.htm
Superfund sites in local communities:
http://www.epa.gov/superfund/sites/index.htm
More information about the Comprehensive Environmental Response,
Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA), the law establishing the Superfund
program, can be found at:
http://epa.gov/superfund/policy/cercla.htm
EPA Adds Five, Proposes Three Hazardous Waste Sites to Superfund's National
Priorities List
Cleaning up hazardous waste sites protects human health, raises property
value, and facilitates the economic restoration of communities
WASHINGTON – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is
adding five hazardous waste sites that pose risks to human health and the
environment to the National Priorities List (NPL) of Superfund sites. In
addition, the agency is proposing to add three additional sites to the
list. The Superfund program, a federal program established by Congress in
1980, investigates and cleans up the most complex, uncontrolled or
abandoned hazardous waste sites in the country and converts them into
productive local resources by eliminating or reducing health risks and
environmental contamination associated with hazardous waste sites.
"Cleaning up hazardous waste sites protects our country's most vulnerable
populations, prevents diseases, increases local property values and
facilitates economic restoration of communities across America," said Mathy
Stanislaus, assistant administrator for the Office of Solid Waste and
Emergency Response. "By listing a site on the Superfund National Priorities
List, we're taking an important action to protect human health and
encourage economic restoration of communities."
Recent academic research, from the study Superfund Cleanups and Infant
Health, demonstrated that investment in Superfund cleanups reduces the
incidence of congenital abnormalities for those living within 5,000 meters
(or 5,468 yards) of a site. Another study conducted by researchers at Duke
and Pittsburgh Universities, concluded that making a site final on the NPL
may increase housing prices by signaling that a site has been placed on the
path towards remediation. Furthermore, the study found that once a site has
all cleanup remedies in place, nearby properties have a significant
increase in property values as compared to pre-NPL proposal values.
The following five sites have been added to the NPL:
· Indiana - North Shore Drive (ground water plume) in Elkhart, Ind.;
· Louisiana - Delta Shipyard (former boat cleaning and repair) in
Houma, La.;
· New Jersey - Pierson's Creek (chemical manufacturer) in Newark, N.J.;
· Pennsylvania - Baghurst Drive (ground water plume) in Harleysville,
Pa.; and
· Vermont - Jard Company, Inc. (former capacitor manufacturer) in
Bennington, Vt.
The following three sites have been proposed for addition to the NPL:
· Alabama - 35th Avenue (residential soil contamination) in Birmingham,
Ala.;
· Indiana - Kokomo Contaminated Ground Water Plume (ground water plume)
in Kokomo, Ind.; and
· Michigan - DSC McLouth Steel Gibraltar Plant (steel finishing
operation) in Gibraltar, Mich.
The sites announced today have characteristics and conditions that vary in
terms of size, complexity and when the contamination occurred, with some
sites involving recent contamination, among other factors. But as with all
NPL sites, EPA first works to identify companies or people responsible for
the contamination at a site, and requires them to conduct or pay for the
cleanup. For the newly listed sites without viable potentially responsible
parties, EPA will investigate the full extent of the contamination before
starting substantial cleanup at the site.
Past and current site uses include lead smelting, solvent handling, small
capacitor and motor manufacturing, and maritime-related activities. Site
contaminants are numerous with lead, arsenic and other metals;
polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs); and volatile organic compounds such as
trichloroethylene (TCE), as well as others. Contamination affects
residential yards, wetlands, surface water and groundwater, and soil.
For example, EPA added the Jard Company Inc. to the NPL. Polychlorinated
biphenyls (PCBs), used in the manufacturing process, were released into the
former building structure and soils on the property which contaminated area
groundwater. At the Delta Shipyard site, heavy metals and other hazardous
wastes were released from disposal ponds which contaminated area soils,
groundwater and surface waters. Without NPL site listing and cleanup,
contamination would continue to pose a risk to human health and the
environment.
The Superfund program uses remedy effectiveness information to actively
manage site operations and refine remedial strategies in order to
efficiently move sites to completion. Today, more than 800 Superfund sites
across the nation support some type of continued use, active reuse or
planned reuse activities.
The Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act
(CERCLA), the law establishing the Superfund program, gives EPA the
authority to clean up releases of hazardous substances and directs EPA to
update the NPL at least annually to protect human health and the
environment with the goal of returning these sites to communities for
productive use. The NPL contains the nation's most serious uncontrolled or
abandoned hazardous waste sites. The list serves as the basis for
prioritizing both enforcement actions and long-term EPA Superfund cleanup
funding; only sites on the NPL are eligible for such funding.
Federal Register notices and supporting documents for the final and
proposed sites:
http://www.epa.gov/superfund/sites/npl/current.htm
Information about how a site is listed on the NPL:
http://www.epa.gov/superfund/sites/npl/npl_hrs.htm
Superfund sites in local communities:
http://www.epa.gov/superfund/sites/index.htm
More information about the Comprehensive Environmental Response,
Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA), the law establishing the Superfund
program, can be found at:
http://epa.gov/superfund/policy/cercla.htm
