The EPA designates areas as Brownfields or Superfund sites because of environmental hazards such as pollution, contaminants, or other related issues. What Are the Downsides of Leaving Brownfields ...

As of December 2023, New Jersey had 115 Superfund sites listed on the Environmental Protection ... cases in which a link between Superfund site pollution and human health issues appears to be ...

Most of the pollution at Virginia’s Superfund sites happened long before the nation enacted tough environmental laws in the 1970s and ‘80s. “Take it out back and bury it” was often the ...

Residents, environmental ... harder for hazardous sites to get designated, create a backlog, reduce program funding, and loosen contamination standards. The goal of the Superfund program, begun ...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency eventually designated three separate tracts as Superfund sites as a result of the pollution. The remediation progress, begun in 2016 in the 2.2-square-mile ...

Big Superfund toxic-waste dumps get the publicity, but reports going back 18 years suggest numerous smaller pollution sites could pose threats in Virginia. Virginia's non-Superfund sites may pose ...

Between seven superfund sites and waterways ... “After environmental regulations like the Clean Air and Clean Water Acts shut down some of these operations, the pollution still persists.

Aguirre sent a request to the Biden Administration in September and Lawson-Remer plans to seek the board’s approval on Tuesday to petition the U.S. Environmental ... Usually, Superfund sites target ...

MERCER COUNTY, NJ — More than 100 people from New Jersey — backed by dozens of environmental ... for toxic pollution sites - leading to the passage of the national Superfund program ...

In the heart of Metamora Township, an environmental battle with statewide ... companies with leases on land near these Superfund sites are lobbying to remove local authority, clearing the path ...

In 1990, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency declared ... The ATSDR is responsible for evaluating health hazards at Superfund sites. It is supposed to help prevent or reduce exposure ...