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Links tagged “hazardous waste”
- South Windham’s Keddy Mill added to list of Superfund sites (5/9/14)
A former mill in South Windham has been added to the federal list of Superfund sites for hazardous waste cleanup, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced Thursday
- State (CT) awards $3.8M for brownfield investigation (4/16/14)
The Connecticut Department of Economic and Community Development awarded $3.8 million to 21 communities to investigate specific site ripe for brownfield remediation.
- EPA wants to ease restrictions on Augusta Superfund site (3/30/14)
The public is asked to comment on a plan to remove the O’Connor Superfund Site on Eastern Avenue from the national priorities list
- Public less likely to be exposed to contaminated groundwater from Maine superfund sites, says EPA (2/4/14)
BOSTON — Cleanups completed at two superfund sites in Maine have reduced the chances of the public being exposed to contaminants in groundwater, according to reports issued recently by the Environmental Protection Agency.
- Toxic chemicals close O’Sullivan’s Island to public (1/17/14)
DERBY -- City officials say they were caught by surprise after action by then-Mayor Anthony Staffieri regarding O'Sullivan's Island triggered threats of litigation and questions about whether a long-ago toxic cleanup was ever completed.
- EPA nod makes Hartford’s Capewell redo a ‘go’ (5/2/14)
The $26 million conversion of the idle Capewell Horsenail Factory in Hartford's South End into affordable apartments can begin now that federal environmental regulators have approved a toxic-cleanup scheme for the brownfield site, authorities say.
- Maine Supreme Court affirms judgment requiring former HoltraChem plant owner to adopt cleanup plan (4/3/14)
PORTLAND, Maine — The Maine Supreme Judicial Court on Thursday affirmed a ruling requiring the former owner of the defunct HoltraChem plant in Orrington to proceed with a plan to clean up pollution from the site.
- Maine high court hears appeal over HoltraChem plant cleanup (2/11/14)
A lawyer for the company responsible for the cleanup of one of the most environmentally contaminated sites in Maine’s history, the former HoltraChem Manufacturing Co. plant on the Penobscot River, argued Tuesday that the state has incorrectly treated the contamination as a legal “emergency” though it has existed for decades.
- Vt. state lab fined over hazardous waste disposal (1/21/14)
MONTPELIER — The Vermont Attorney General’s office says the Department of Environmental Conservation of the Agency of Natural Resources is paying $12,000 in civil penalties and $6,000 for an environmental project to settle violations of state hazardous waste disposal rules
- Chemical cleanup may delay Everett casino (1/8/14)
Wynn Resorts’ Everett casino application offers scant details on how it will decontaminate the former industrial site, and experts say the complexity and cost of cleaning up decades of waste could mean delays of months or even years before the state actually sees its $600 million in annual revenues if Wynn gets the region’s sole license.