[CPEO-MEF] REGULATION: "Virginia, EPA to recoup nearly $64 million in cleanup costs for Portsmouth Superfund site"

[Lenny Siegel]

Virginia, EPA to recoup nearly $64 million in cleanup costs for Portsmouth Superfund site

By Tamara Dietrich 
Virginian-Pilot
March 9, 2019

After years of wrangling over who should pay to clean up a Superfund site on the Southern Branch of the Elizabeth River, a proposed settlement would reimburse Virginia and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency nearly $64 million.

The site includes nearly 50 acres of industrialized waterfront and more than 30 acres of river sediment that were contaminated for decades by Atlantic Wood Industries, a wood-treating facility, and for several years by the U.S. Navy.

On Friday, officials announced a consent decree filed in federal court that directs the U.S. Department of Defense and the Navy to pay Virginia $8.5 million in remedial costs and the EPA $55.3 million. They also will pay $1.5 million for oyster restoration in the river.

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For the entire article, see
https://pilotonline.com/news/local/environment/article_265e4fc2-41e7-11e9-81b8-8f0fe10623df.html

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director
Center for Public Environmental Oversight
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