North Channel Star

EPA Orders Long-delayed Cleanup of San Jacinto River Waste Pits

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has issued a sweeping enforcement order requiring the cleanup of the longcontaminated San Jacinto River Waste Pits, formally moving the Superfund site into the remedial action phase after years of delay. The decision compels the companies responsible to begin removing toxic waste from the river environment and surrounding areas, a step advocates and local officials say is overdue....

EPA Orders Long-delayed Cleanup of San Jacinto River Waste Pits The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has issued a sweeping enforcement order requiring the cleanup of the longcontaminated San Jacinto River Waste Pits, formally moving the Superfund site into …