Two environmental groups are calling on the Environmental Protection Agency to regulate and require the cleanup of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) and list them as hazardous substances under the Clean Air Act, the Clean Water Act and the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act.
The Pennsylvania Turnpike found itself in a bit of a pickle recently over a 20-year-old disposal plan for 66,000 tons of buried industrial sludge during construction of a $91-million segment of the Southern Beltway near Pittsburgh.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is taking soil and sediment samples to determine whether Minden, W.Va., should be added to the National Priorities List (NPL) for Superfund cleanup.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has rejected objections raised by General Electric Co. to a final cleanup plan, issued in February, for toxics in the Housatonic River in New England.
Hypersaline cooling-water seepage from Florida Power & Light Co.’s 3550-MW Turkey Point Power Station in Florida City has polluted the shallow Biscayne Aquifer and now is being drawn back to the plant’s property through retraction wells in an operation expected to take 10 years.
