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Department of Environmental Conservation gets Niagara message.
The message to state environmental regulators was clear Thursday night—stop treating Niagara County as New York’s toxic waste dump. Buffalo News, New York. 21 November 2009.
Closing of incinerator delayed.
The last waste to be burned at the federal government's 20-year-old toxic waste incinerator is apparently proving to be some of the most difficult. Knoxville News Sentinel, Tennessee. 21 November 2009.
Victoria officials worry Corps is washing its hands of airport mess.
The public is being asked to help airport officials find potential environmental problems at the Victoria Regional Airport stemming from when it was a military base. Victoria Advocate, Texas. 21 November 2009.
City to consider off-site PCE comparison study.
The Bozeman City Commission will consider authorizing a second, off-site study in conjunction with its investigation into whether dry-cleaning fluid vapors migrated from a Superfund site into nearby homes. Bozeman Daily Chronicle, Montana. 21 November 2009.
Chemical cleanup.
A school lab’s outdated supplies are discarded — carefully. Eugene Register Guard, Oregon. 21 November 2009.
Cigarette butts toxic to fish, say researchers.
Cigarette butts are toxic to fish and should be labeled as toxic hazardous waste, U.S. researchers say. CBC Canada. 21 November 2009.
White Rock claims EBSCO illegally dumped hazardous waste.
White Rock Quarries Thursday presented findings that apparently show EBSCO Industries illegally dumped more than 15 tons of hazardous waste in Vincent over 15 years. Columbiana Shelby County Reporter, Alabama. 20 November 2009.
Cleanup at comm site.
A three-month effort to remove hazardous waste and remnants of an old military communications site in Black River-Matheson was completed this week. North Bay Nugget, Ontario. 19 November 2009.
Deep budget cuts in Macomb County compromise water safety.
Here in the state’s third most populous county, downsizing the budget means supersizing the risk of contaminated water, among other public health calamities. Michigan Messenger, Michigan. 18 November 2009.
Unclear where toxic waste will go.
Malta will have to export 15 containers of hazardous waste every week when the power station extension at Delimara becomes operational, according to an environmental assessment of the planned development. Valletta Times, Malta. 18 November 2009.
Couple visits D.C. to lobby for cancer research.
Warren and Wendy Brown are in Washington, D.C., this week to make sure money is being appropriated for childhood cancer research. The Browns' daughter, Alexa, died in August at age 11 from medulloblastoma -- a common brain tumor in children. Alexa was one of 38 children in the Eastern Sandusky County cancer cluster investigation. Port Clinton News Herald, Ohio. 18 November 2009.
Monte Cristo mine presents a cleanup problem of historic proportions.
Hazardous waste at the old Monte Cristo mines has to go, but officials still haven’t decided when or how. Everett Herald, Washington. 18 November 2009.
EPA reaches interim agreement for further cleanup of Omega site in Whittier.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has reached agreement with a group of 75 parties to begin cleaning up the soils at a hazardous waste site along Whittier Boulevard. Whittier Daily News, California. 18 November 2009.
Camp Lejeune vets, check toxic clues.
Investigators suspect that for as long as 30 years—right up until the wells were closed in 1985—hazardous materials from spills, dump sites, and underground tanks had been infiltrating drinking water at Camp Lejeune. Weymouth News, Massachusetts. Editorial, 18 November 2009.
S.F. Green Business Program rewards polluter.
Thanks to yet another of Gavin Newsom's pre-governor's-race-dropout "green" programs, San Francisco taxpayers have actually paid to greenwash a major toxic polluter. San Francisco Weekly, California. Opinion, 18 November 2009.
Shipyard causing health hazards.
The scrap of 70 ships at Gidani Ship-breaking Yard has increased the risk of health disaster to some 8 thousand labourers there as the ships have never been inspected, the Nation has learnt. Lahore Nation, Pakistan. 17 November 2009.
Debate rages over coal ash power plant waste.
Americans have been burning coal for electricity for roughly 130 years with little understanding of what the process leaves behind. But before the end of the year, the federal government will decide whether the leftover ash from the coal-burning process should be considered a hazardous substance. Detroit News, Michigan. 16 November 2009.
Steelmaking waste's impact on environment questioned.
A 1999 report from Bethlehem Steel Corp. to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency raises questions about the safety of disposing steelmaking waste without any protection to the environment. Merrillville Post-Tribune, Indiana. 16 November 2009.
Fewer pollution fines lately, but why?
In February, the Department of Environmental Quality issued several fines in Central Oregon. But there was a five-month gap in the issuance of any fines, before this fall. Staffing shortages in the local hazardous waste program, as well as an economic slowdown may be the reasons. Bend Bulletin, Oregon. 16 November 2009.
Fate of 'Easterly's pile' at ArcelorMittal remains unknown.
The heaping mounds of metallic-gray, lumpy steelmaking waste and rusty metal pieces tower up to 35 feet in the air, spread across a 33-acre sandy area in the northeast corner of ArcelorMittal's Burns Harbor property. Merrillville Post-Tribune, Indiana. 15 November 2009.
Cold War missile sites targeted.
Twenty-one Cold War era former Atlas missile sites and five former Nike missile sites in Kansas are part of the Formerly Utilized Defense Sites program sponsored by the Department of Defense to evaluate and remediate trichloroethylene contamination in groundwater and soil. Topeka Capital-Journal, Kansas. 15 November 2009.
Morris County agencies remove junk tires to control mosquito population.
Ron Foster stands ankle deep in a mucky, foul-smelling swamp in Denville festooned with dry leaves. He shakes his head as he pulls a bald tire out of the mud — a tire, he said, somebody dumped without much regard to nature. Newark Star-Ledger, New Jersey. 15 November 2009.
Frontier Oil plans to fight EPA penalty.
Frontier Oil Corp. plans to fight a $6.8 million environmental penalty against the Cheyenne refinery. Cheyenne Tribune-Eagle, Wyoming. 15 November 2009.
Iron King Mine fine: $71,100.
A Maricopa County Superior Court judge this past week ordered the owner of a landfill and demolition site at the Iron King Mine in Dewey-Humboldt to pay $71,100 in fines for illegally disposing solid waste and asbestos near an aquifer. Prescott Daily Courier, Arizona. 15 November 2009.
Include Dewey Loeffel site on EPA priority list.
Since being capped in the 1970s by the state Department of Environmental Conservation, efforts have been made to bring remediation to the Dewey Loeffel Hazardous Waste Site located in the town of Nassau. Troy Record, New York. Opinion, 15 November 2009.
'Catastrophic' e-waste fuels global toxic dump.
A "catastrophic accumulation" of millions of tonnes of "e-waste" from computers, cellphones and television sets is fuelling a global pile of hazardous waste, an international body warned Friday. Agence France-Presse. 14 November 2009.
Navy’s Vieques training may be tied to health risks.
The federal agency that assesses health hazards at sites designated for Superfund environmental cleanups said it had reversed its conclusion that contamination posed no risks to residents in Puerto Rico. New York Times. 14 November 2009.
GE: Magazine wrong, PCB cleanup working.
General Electric Co. hit back at a Harper's Magazine article critical of its handling of the Hudson River dredging project, with a point-by-point disputation of the story. Glens Falls Post Star, New York. 14 November 2009.
If EPA's Air chief loves a brawl, she's come to the right place .
U.S. EPA air chief Gina McCarthy has a thick Boston accent, a shock of cropped white hair and a penchant for a good fight. As the nation's top air regulator she may be in the center of a political free-for-all over climate regulation and other air pollution policies. Greenwire. 14 November 2009.
Minister concerned about deadly toxins being railed east.
Dangerous clinical waste is being transported by rail from WA to Victoria for disposal - in breach of strict contract conditions to stop the spread of disease. Perth Sunday Times, Australia. 14 November 2009.
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