SOUTH PLAINFIELD - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) invited South Plainfield residents to attend an open forum on May 19 at the South Plainfield Senior Center to ask questions ...

Quincy has approved $76,000 to continue cleaning its superfund site, an environmental project that’s been in works for over ...

In announcing its findings, the EPA cited federal lead standards only, and not California's more stringent thresholds.

The Environmental Protection Agency is proposing a plan to clean up contaminated groundwater in Otisville.

COLUMBUS, Kan. — A new $2 million public health department is in the works for Cherokee County. The current Cherokee County ...

The city is ready to begin conversations about repurposing the J-Pit, an 114-acre former quarry near Colfax Avenue and 17th and 21st avenues.

New Jersey is home to nearly 9 percent of the nation’s Superfund sites—more than any other state. They range from chemical plants with toxic byproducts leached into the soil, to oil-filled lagoons, ...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The most toxic locations in the country are known as Superfund sites. These massive cleanup projects are administered by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) due to their ...

EPA's office of the inspector general identified numerous Superfund sites at risk of creating new contamination due to increasingly extreme weather. The reports released last month examine natural ...

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WILLIAMSPORT — The next five-year review of the nearly 40-year-old Superfund site in Williamsport will begin this fall and be completed in 2027, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) says.