EPA Selects Cleanup Plan for Kanawha River Superfund Site to Address Fish Contamination
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The cleanup work focuses on a 14-mile stretch within the
The most significant human health risks at the site are associated with fish consumption from the river and the consent order provides for long-term monitoring of the levels of dioxin in fish caught along this stretch.
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The hazardous substance at the site is a waste byproduct of the pesticide production process known a 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin or TCDD.
For more information on the Kanawha River Superfund Site, visit: https://cumulis.epa.gov/supercpad/CurSites/csitinfo.cfm?id=0305516 . An EPA memorandum describing the removal plan is available at: https://semspub.epa.gov/work/03/2220345.pdf
The Superfund program is a cornerstone of the work that the EPA performs for citizens and communities across the country. This settlement announcement follows the
"My goal as Administrator is to restore the Superfund program to its rightful place at the center of the agency's core mission," said Pruitt.
The task force's recommendations focused on five overarching goals: expediting cleanup and remediation, reinvigorating cleanup and reuse efforts by potentially responsible parties, encouraging private investment to facilitate cleanup and reuse, promoting redevelopment and community revitalization and engaging with partners and stakeholders.
Work to prioritize and reinvigorate the program by the task force has been initiated and will be ongoing into the future.
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