EPA Approves Plan to Ship 40,000 Trucks of Superfund Waste

Date: September 29, 2009

Source: News Room

The US EPA approved plans to ship more than 40,000 truckloads of Superfund waste -- soil contaminated by mining in the Silver Valley area of northern Idaho -- to a new landfill near Cataldo, Idaho. The material is metals-laced dirt removed from residential yards in the Kellogg, Idaho, area that was polluted by decades of silver mining in the valley. The Idaho Department of Environmental Quality is leading the project with help from the US EPA. Mathy Stanislaus, Assistant Administrator for the Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response, visited the Silver Valley in August and assured reporters last week that "There will be an aggressive monitoring program," to spot any leaks from the site.

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