Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The Valley of the Drums is a 23-acre (9.3-hectare) toxic waste site in Brooks, Kentucky [2] in northern Bullitt County, near Louisville. It became a collection point for toxic wastes starting sometime in the 1960s. It caught the attention of state officials when some of the drums caught fire and burned for more than a week in 1966.
The Gully of the Drums sits about 700 feet from the “Valley of the Drums,” where some 17,000 hazardous waste barrels were discovered in the late 1970s about 17 miles south of downtown ...
The Valley of the Drums is a 23-acre (9.3 hectare) toxic waste site in northern Bullitt County, Kentucky, near Louisville, named after the waste-containing drums strewn across the area. It is known as one of the primary motivations for the passage of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, or Superfund Act of ...
This is a list of Superfund sites in Kentucky designated under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) environmental law. The CERCLA federal law of 1980 authorized the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to create a list of polluted locations requiring a long-term response to clean up hazardous material contaminations. [1]
Pages in category "Superfund sites in Kentucky" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total. ... Valley of the Drums This page was last ...
The AOL.com video experience serves up the best video content from AOL and around the web, curating informative and entertaining snackable videos.
The Valley of the Drums is a 23-acre (93,000 m 2) toxic waste site in northern Bullitt County, Kentucky, near Louisville, named after the waste-containing drums strewn across the area. Contaminants include xylene , methyl ethyl ketone , methylene chloride , acetone , phthalates , anthracene , toluene , fluoranthene , alkyl benzene , vinyl ...
Santa’s back in town and ready to see you at the Mesilla Valley Mall this Christmas season. Greg Scarboro of Kentucky has returned to Las Cruces for the fourth year as Santa Claus’ helper ...