U.S. EPA identifies more superfund sites

Sept. 16 -- The U.S. EPA announced that 15 hazardous waste sites have been added to the National Priorities List of Superfund sites, and another 11 have been proposed to be added to that list.

The federal program investigates and cleans up the most complex, and often times abandoned, hazardous waste sites in the country. To date, 1,652 locations have been listed on the NPL, with 350 cleaned up. The 11 proposals bring the total proposed superfund sites to 62, the EPA said.

The EPA said the agency works to indentify the companies or people responsible for the contamination and require them to conduct or pay for the cleanup.

For a complete list of sites added to the list and those proposed to be added to the list, visit the EPA online.

Contact Waste & Recycling News reporter Jeremy Carroll at jcarroll@crain.com or 313-446-6780.

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