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Standard Chlorine Superfund site get $42 million in federal fund

The  Standard Chlorine of Delaware Inc. Superfund site near Delaware City will receive Superfund funding. Funding will come from $1 billion for clean-up projects at more than 100 Superfund sites under the Biden Administration's ...

Settlement over costs stemming from treatment of water contaminated by Superfund site going to...

Artesian Resources Corp., Newark, announced that its principal operating subsidiary, Artesian Water Company, Inc. received approval from the Delaware Public Service Commission to return to its customers proceeds from a settlement agreement with...

State seeks Superfund status for Basin Road site

An area around New Castle County Airport has been proposed as a Superfund site. The East Basin Road Groundwater Site consists of  groundwater plumes that affect 11 public wells owned by the Artesian and New Castle...

Agreement reached on paying for $41.6 million clean-up cost at New Castle area Superfund...

The US government and the State of Delaware have reached an agreement with 21 defendants on completing a $41.6 million cleanup plan for the 27-acre Delaware Sand & Gravel Landfill Superfund Site in New...

EPA proposes taking Tybouts Corner, Chem-Solv off Superfund list

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has proposed deleting a portion of the Tybouts Corner Landfill in New Castle snf the Chem-Solv, Inc. Site in Cheswold from the Superfund National Priorities List (NPL). The NPL is a...

EPA proposes the addition of a Georgetown site tied to dry cleaning agents ...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed that a Georgetown site be added to the Superfund List. The announcement came as the EPA added 12 sites to the Superfund National Priorities List. “No community deserves to...

Blades water contamination area added to Superfund list

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) added the Blades Groundwater Site in Delaware  to the Superfund National Priorities List. “Cleaning up toxic sites and returning them to safe and productive reuse under the Superfund program...

Blades groundwater could be added to list of Superfund sites

The  U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is proposing the addition of contaminated groundwater in Blades to the list of Superfund sites.  Blades is one of five proposed sites to be added to the  Superfund National Priorities...

Hockessin’s Route 41 corridor put on Superfund list

 The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced a commitment to clean up six new sites -  including the Hockessin Groundwater Site in Delaware. The sites were added to the  Superfund National Priorities List (NPL). The NPL is...

Delaware Sand and Gravel Superfund site added to EPA Emphasis List

The  Environmental Protection Agency released an updated Administrator’s Emphasis List of Superfund sites that now includes Sand and Gravel, New Castle. The Delaware Sand & Gravel Landfill site was added to the list to spur...

Newark site added to Superfund list; Hockessin location could be next

The  U.S. Environmental Protection Agency  added  the Newark South Groundwater Plume site to the National Priorities List (NPL) of Superfund sites and  proposed that  the  Hockessin Groundwater site  go on the  same list. The NPL...

Newark Groundwater Plume moved to Priorities list of Superfund sites

The  Environmental Protection Agency announced it is proposing to add the Newark South Groundwater Plume site in Newark to the National Priorities List (NPL) of Superfund sites. The NPL is the list of hazardous waste...

Defense Dept., state agree to pay nearly $3.6 million to EPA for cleanup of...

The  Environmental Protection Agency announced that the U.S. Department of Defense and the state of Delaware have agreed to reimburse EPA $3,590,985 for its cleanup of a former landfill at the Governor Bacon Health...

DuPont/Chemours plant site near Chicago gets final clean-up plan from EPA

The U.S.  Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a $26.6 million final plan to clean up soil tainted with arsenic, lead, zinc, and cadmium at the former DuPont/Chemours  plant at in  East Chicago, IN. DuPont spun...

News that the Formosa Plastics  PVC site will close its doors and affect upwards of 100 workers should not come as a major surprise. The signs were plain to see. In a strengthening economy, the company...

Update: Formosa Plastics to close Delaware City plant

Formosa Plastics will lay off staff its plant in Delaware City. The company filed a WARN notice indicating that 72 workers will be affected by the decision. The  Delaware City site is a leading producer of...

Carper praises decision by Pruitt to step down as EPA chief

Scott Pruitt has stepped down as administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. The Hill   website and other media outlets reported the decision, which was confirmed in a Twitter Post by President Trump, who praised the work of...

Federal report on firefighting, nonstick coating chemicals could impact Chemours, DuPont

A draft report on levels of chemicals used in firefighting and nonstick coatings indicates that levels in the water now deemed safe may be too high. The more than 800-page  report on Perfluoroalkyls  (PFOAs-PFAs) from the Centers for...

Waterway clean-up legislation introduced

An effort to revive efforts to clean up the state’s waterways has been introduced. House Bill 272 was introduced by Democratic legislators with State Rep. Deborah Hudson, R-Greenville the lone Republican co-sponsor. The legislation was first...

Environmental Protection Agency to hold hearing on groundwater site

The  Environmental Protection Agency, with support from the Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control (DNREC), will hold a public meeting on the proposed listing of the Hockessin Groundwater Site to the National...