[CPEO-BIF] Former Bethlehem Steel sit, Sparrows Point, Maryland

[Lenny Siegel]

EPA considering creek on former Bethlehem Steel site in Sparrows Point for national pollution priority list

By CHRISTINE CONDON
BALTIMORE SUN (MD)
MAY 25, 2021

In August, the federal Environmental Protection Agency intends to propose the Bear Creek area in Sparrows Point, once the property of the Bethlehem Steel Corporation, for the National Priorities List of polluted locations, according to a letter sent to state regulators.

The designation would add the site to a list of 1,170 of the most critical cleanup projects in the nation, paving the way toward increased federal investigation onsite and possibly funds for cleanup. Maryland already has 20 sites on the list, including two landfills elsewhere in Baltimore County.

The EPA has its eye on a 60-acre area of the creek, which empties into the Patapsco River, that contains contaminants from arsenic to PCBs, which are insulating oils once used in electrical equipment that are classified as carcinogens by the International Agency for Research on Cancer.

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For the entire article, see
https://www.capitalgazette.com/environment/bs-md-sparrows-point-tradepoint-atlantic-bethlehem-steel-20210525-neb7rzvlwjb67pnxuoqalhe2xu-story.html

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Lenny Siegel
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