Superfund at Work: Hazardous Waste Cleanup Efforts Nationwide, Summer 1993 (ArmyCreek Landfill Site Profile, New Castle, Delaware)

摘要

The Superfund at Work bulletin series profiles hazardous waste cleanup effortsnationwide. This issue profiles the Army Creek Landfill in New Castle, Delaware, where public water supplies and fragile wetlands were at risk from hazardous waste dumping in the 1960s. EPA negotiated a $25 million cleanup of the landfill, ground water, and surface water; and settled with 18 parties to recover $1 million in past cleanup costs.