According to EPA, the Wichita, Kan.-based plant generates significant quantities of hazardous waste, including industrial wastewater treatment filter sludge, primer residue waste containing chromium and cadmium, tetrachloroethylene and trichloroethylene waste from degreasers, and hazardous waste oil.
Thirty-nine candidates completed the Superfund program initiative at Denmark Technical College in Barnwell, S.C.
EPA extends comment period to Aug. 26 on proposed plan to remediate the Superfund site in Ashland, Mass.
Bollgard and Bollgard II cotton seed products contain plant incorporated protectants that were restricted for use in several Texas counties, and Monsanto failed to communicate that information on labels and grower guides.
In new interim guidance, the agency is encouraging employees to be involved during Risk Management Program inspections.
The team reviewed the method used by EPA for calculating possible greenhouse gas releases from agricultural anaerobic lagoons and found that the estimates of methane may be underestimated by as much as 65 percent.
Broward County and Hillsborough County changed two Superfund sites into a wide-ranging outdoor activities park and a multipurpose waste collection center and model airplane park, respectively.
With the simulation of heavy rainfall, E. coli increased slightly, the researchers said.
National Toxicology Program reviews Ramazzini Institute studies and suggests further pathology reviews are needed to resolve differences of opinion.
The group's management process re-establishes the balance between plant growth and the behavior of herding animals.
The Smart Growth Leadership Institute will work with the state to align its land use and water protection programs.
The City Council and voters appear to support a restoration project that would dedicate half of 1,436 acres for recreation and the other half for a walkable, transit-oriented community.
Increased antibiotic resistance in soils could have broad consequences to public health through potential exposure through water and food supplies.
The ten-year research program will seek solutions on to how to adapt the world’s agricultural areas to a different climate with new conditions for production and farming and the reduction of greenhouse gases.
Phase 1 of process includes the removal of several facilities, lagoon areas, and contaminated soils.
Five-day exercise will prevent access to Pittston City Riverfront Park on the Susquehanna River starting April 26.
Last year's 24th annual International Coastal Cleanup saw 500,000 volunteers around the world remove debris from oceans, lakes, and rivers.
New roadmap guides EPA in providing more accountability, transparency, and progress in contaminated site cleanup.