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The BoRit Asbestos Superfund site is a 32-acre (13 ha) waste dump and reservoir in Ambler, Upper Dublin Township and Whitpain Township, Pennsylvania that was contaminated with 1.5 million cubic yards (1.1 × 10 ^ 6 m 3) of asbestos containing material due to the waste disposal practices of the Keasbey and Mattison (K&M) Company and Turner and Newall from 1897 to 1962.
A map of Superfund sites as of October 2013. Red indicates currently on final National Priority List, yellow is proposed, green is deleted (usually meaning having been cleaned up). Superfund sites are polluted locations in the United States requiring a long-term response to clean up hazardous material contaminations. Sites include landfills ...
This is a list of Superfund sites in Pennsylvania 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]
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) conducted an emergency removal action in 2008 which included capping the asbestos waste pile with a geotextile material and 2 feet of clean material and stream bank stabilization of three creeks. The EPA added the BoRit Asbestos site to the Superfund National Priorities List in April 2009. [12]
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The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law is accelerating the EPA’s work to clean up priority list sites with a $3.5 billion investment in the Superfund remedial program, the federal agency said.
Johnson & Johnson is facing lawsuits from more than 62,000 claimants, who have alleged that the company's baby powder and other talc products were contaminated with asbestos and caused ovarian and ...
Pages in category "Superfund sites in Pennsylvania" The following 20 pages are in this category, out of 20 total. ... BoRit Asbestos; Brodhead Creek; D. Darby Creek ...