Onsite management of the excavated soil will reduce the short-term impact of increased truck traffic that would be needed if all the contaminated soil was taken offsite. The contaminated soil will be covered with a liner and clean soil and will be monitored to ensure exposure does not occur. or International Paper, both potentially responsible parties.
Regis Site,” said EPA Region 5 Administrator Kurt Thiede.ĮPA’s cleanup plan includes removing contaminated soil from affected residential areas within OU7 of the site and replacing it with clean soil and vegetation, then burying most of the removed soil on nearby property owned by BNSF Railroad Co. Regis Record of Decision fulfills Administrator Wheeler’s commitment to responding to high priority Superfund sites on the Administrator’s Emphasis List, expediting cleanup efforts that will allow unrestricted use of residential properties within the St. Real progress is being measured in months, not decades.” Regis case shows how Superfund clean-up and economic redevelopment can go hand in hand. “We are accelerating Superfund clean-ups at many sites around the country by addressing site-specific delays. Regis site is receiving immediate and focused attention from the EPA,” said EPA Deputy Administrator Doug Benevento.
EPA’s cleanup plan removes dioxin-contaminated soil in residential areas while meeting the Leech Lake standard of 10 parts per trillion dioxin in soil. Superfund site, a former wood-processing facility on the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe Reservation. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), announced a $21.4 million cleanup plan for operable unit 7 (OU7) of the St.
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