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Superfund

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  • Summary

  • Superfund is a United States federal environmental remediation program established by the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA). The program is administered by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The program is designed to investigate and clean up sites contaminated with hazardous substances. Sites managed under this program are referred to as Superfund sites. This podcast aims to collect readings of the EPA's official narrative summary for every Superfund site on the National Priorities List, with modification or commentary. New episodes are posted daily.
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Episodes
  • Interstate Lead Company
    May 6 2024

    The Interstate Lead Company (ILCO) Superfund site is located in Leeds, Alabama. It includes the area where ILCO operated a secondary lead smelter and lead battery recycling facility from 1970 to 1992. The site also includes seven satellite sites located in and around Leeds, Alabama, where the company disposed of contaminated wastes from its main facility. https://cumulis.epa.gov/supercpad/SiteProfiles/index.cfm?fuseaction=second.cleanup&id=0404344

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    7 mins
  • Ciba Geigy Corp
    Apr 30 2024

    The 1,500-acre Ciba-Geigy Corp. (McIntosh Plant) Superfund site is located about one mile Northeast of McIntosh on 1379 Ciba Road, Washington County, Alabama. The Site includes 1,130 acres of active plant facilities, as well as 170 acres of undeveloped cypress swamp and bottomland hardwood forest in the floodplain of the Tombigbee River. https://cumulis.epa.gov/supercpad/SiteProfiles/index.cfm?fuseaction=second.Cleanup&id=0400073#bkground

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    6 mins
  • Anniston Army Depot
    Apr 29 2024

    Anniston Ordnance Depot, which occupies approximately 30 square miles in Anniston, Calhoun County, Alabama, was officially designated as an ammunition storage area on October 14, 1941. Over the years, operations were expanded to include the overhauling and repairing of combat vehicles and artillery equipment. The facility is currently referred to as the Anniston Army Depot (ANAD). Source: https://semspub.epa.gov/work/04/11121396.pdf

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    5 mins

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