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The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) issued a December 8th news release identifying 21 sites that it has targeted for what it describes as “immediate and intense action.”

No Arkansas sites are found on the list.

Superfund sites from neighboring states include:

• Mississippi Phosphates Corporation – Pascagoula, Mississippi
• Tar Creek – Ottawa County, Oklahoma
• San Jacinto Waste Pits – Channelview, Texas
• Westlake Landfill – Bridgeton, Missouri

EPA states that the list was developed by considering sites:

. . . that can benefit from Administrator Pruitt’s direct engagement and have identifiable actions to protect human health and the environment.

The sites are stated to require “timely resolution of specific issues to expedite cleanup and redevelopment efforts.”

Sites on the list are stated to have the potential to move on and off and there is no commitment of additional funding.

The list was developed as one of the action items form EPA’s Superfund Task Force recommendations. (See previous blog here.)

A link to the EPA list/news release can be found here.