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From 1998 to 2007 CleanupNews provided the latest news about Superfund cleanups, RCRA corrective actions, and other remedial efforts related to underground storage tanks and oil spills. CleanupNews newsletter highlighted hazardous waste cleanup cases, policies, settlements and technologies.
Past issues of CleanupNews are provided below in PDF.
Contact Richard W. Popino, PhD REM, at MC-2271A, US EPA, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Washington, DC 20460, email: [email protected].
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2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003 | 2002 | 2001 | 2000 | 1999 | 1998
2007 Editions
"CleanupNews,” Issue #32 (PDF), (February 2007) (8 pp, 322K)
Ready for Reuse Program Revitalizing Brownfields in Region 6; EPA Reaches Construction Complete Milestone at New Hampshire Plating, Veterans Administration Ordered to Improve Waste Management; EPA Announces $21.8 Million Spectron Settlement; Brownfields Loan Fund Catalyzes Cleanup and Reuse in Florida; Reuse and Redevelopment Planned for Former Removal Site; Redevelopment of Former Landfill Gets Underway in Southern California; Landmark Agreement Reached at Former Naval Station; EPA’s Offices at Potomac Yard Set the Gold Standard in Green Building; and more.
2006 Editions
"CleanupNews," Issue #31 (PDF), (December 2006) (8 pp, 341K)
Scott Sherman Appointed New OSWER Associate Assistant Administrator; Federal Court Approves Hudson River PCB Settlement; Highlights from the 2006 Brownfields Conference; 1,000th Superfund Construction Completed at Macalloy Corporation Site; Jim Woolford Appointed OSRTI Director; Cleanup Complete at Denver Radium Operable Unit 8; EPA Reaches Cost Recovery Settlements at San Gabriel Valley Area 4; Developer Enters Historic Pact to Clean Up MDI Site; EPA Announces FY2006 Enforcement Accomplishments; and more.
"CleanupNews," Issue #30 (PDF) (September 2006) (8 pp, 346 K)
EPA Scores Victory as Vertac Decision Affirmed; Community
Celebrates Construction Completion at Torch Lake Site;
EPA Completes Soil Cleanup at Somers Plating Site; Oak Ridge Stewardship
Committee Recognized for Community Outreach; Rocky Mountain Arsenal's Internal
Parcel Deleted from NPL; Owners Agree to Perform Time-Critical Removal
at Halaco Engineering; EPA and Delaware Take Over Oil Spill Cleanup
Oversight; Region 7 Conducts Time-Critical Removal at United Zinc #1
Site; Settlements Ensure Cleanup of Contaminated Sites in New Jersey;
Company Employees Plead Guilty in Hazardous Waste Conspiracy Case; EPA
and Kentucky Settle Oil Spill Claims, and more.
"CleanupNews," Issue #29 (PDF) (August
2006) (8 pp,336 K)
OECA Honors Outstanding Achievements; $8 Million in Funding Committed to Tannery
Bay Cleanup; New Computers, Monitors Will Reduce Hazardous
Waste; Proposed Settlement Would Fund Cleanup at Mohawk Tannery;
Prospective Purchaser Will Redevelop Former Die Casting Facility;
EPA Orders Emergency Cleanup at Historic Gold Mine; Cleanup Complete
at Former Tissue Paper Plant; No Asbestos Found in Residential Soils
near Hamilton Plant; Sheboygan River Dredging Begins; and more.
EPA Reaches Historic Agreement for Upper Columbia River; $50 Million Cleanup of Ashtabula River Begins; Proposed Legislation Encourages Voluntary Mine Cleanup; District Court Asked to Approve Settlement for Hudson River; Non-liable Party Proposes Cleaning Up and Redeveloping Houston Superfund Site; Dallas Brownfields Program Spurs City Redevelopment Efforts; Brownfields Grant Will Help Restore Killam Lake Site; Additional Murphy Oil Spill Sampling Results Posted; EPA Orders LA Company to Pay for Cleanup Following Fire; EPA Responds to Hazardous Materials Release in Palo Alto; and more.
"CleanupNews," Issue #27 (PDF) (May 2006) (8
pp, 349K)
Border 2012 Achieves Environmental Goals Along Border; EPA Honors Notable Achievement; New Settlement Will Help Spur Cleanup of Atlas Tack; EPA Adds and Proposes Sites to National Priorities List; EPA Continues Emergency Cleanup at Anaconda Mine; Parties Commit to Pay over $8 Million and Complete Brownfields Cleanups; Rubicon Pledges to Reduce Hazardous Waste by 1.5 Million Pounds; and more.
"CleanupNews," Issue #26 (PDF) (April
2006) (8 pp,347K)
Companies Commit to $30 Million Cleanup of Lower Fox River and Green Bay; Midvale Slag Superfund Site to Become Bingham Junction Development; Best Buy and EPA Team Up to Recycle Electronics Damaged by Hurricane Katrina; New Technologies Promise Reuse of Decontaminated Sediments; Parties to Pay $7.3 Million for Hastings Ground Water Contamination Superfund Site; Tank Terminal Company to Pay for Oil Spills and Containment Violations; Pilot Sites Sought for ER3; Brownfields 2006 Registration Now Open; and more.
"CleanupNews," Issue #25 (PDF) (March
2006) (7 pp,327K)
EPA Proposes Agreement for Chem-Wood Treatment; Los Angeles Man Sentenced
for Dry Cleaning Waste Scheme; Construction Completed at Sealand Restoration
Superfund Site; Settlement Reached for Harbor Island; Advisory Board
Recommends Changes to Financial Test; $11 Million Settlement Reached
for North Ridge Estates Superfund Site; Triad Speeds Cleanup of Lead-Contaminated
Firing Range Soil; and more.
"CleanupNews," Issue
#24 (PDF) (January 2006) (8 pp, 307K)
New Assistant Administrator Joins OSWER; House Members
Propose Renewing Superfund Tax; The New Due Diligence Rules - The All
Appropriate Inquiries Rule; Priority Chemical Wastes Reduced; Katrina
Sediments Resampled; Corps Helps Clear Way for Great Development; Agreement
Will Encourage Brownfields Redevelopment in Florida; and more.
2005 Editions
"CleanupNews," Issue #23 (PDF) (December 2005) (315K)
EPA Reduced Pollution by Over One Billion Pounds in FY2005; Superfund's 25th Anniversary: Capturing the Past, Charting the Future; New Deputy Assistant Administrator to Join OECA; Capturing Superfund; In Their Own Words: A Staff Attorney Looks Back at 25 Years of Superfund; EPA Continues Katrina Efforts; Brownfields Conference Draws More than 5,600 to Denver; and more.
"CleanupNews," Issue #22 (PDF) (November 2005) (343K)
EPA Playing Vital Role in Hurricane Katrina Response; Final PCC Strategy Released; GE Agrees to Begin Dredging Hudson River; New EPA Deputy Administrator Sworn In; BRAC Commission Releases Final List of Closings and Realignments; EPA Finalizes Rule to Cut Mercury, Lead and Other Air Emissions from Hazardous Waste Combustors; In Their Own Words: John Frisco of Region 2; Prospective Partners in Sustainable Development Identified for ER3; and more.
"CleanupNews II," Issue #21S2 (PDF) (September 2005) (103K)
$100 Million Settlement Announced for Milltown Reservoir; New OECA Assistant Administrator Sworn In; Long-Time EPA Employee Finishes Montclair Site; EPA Orders Cleanup of Hazardous Materials at Abandoned Long Beach Metal Plating Shop; Successful "eCycling" Pilot Shows Electronics Recycling Can Be Achieved at Low Costs; Triad Saves $109K on Three Petroleum Sites; and more.
Supreme Court Issues Ruling in Eminent Domain Case; Risk Assessments Finalized for GE Pittsfield/Housatonic River Site; EPA Awards Six Brownfields Grants; Dredging Plan Approved for Willamette River; EPA Makes McCoy Field Documents Available Online; Union Pacific Required to Prevent Oil Spills; and more.
"CleanupNews," Issue 21 (PDF) (Summer 2005) (500K)
EPA Places Superfund Lien, Hopes to Recover $27 Million in Costs; Settlements Will Help Clean Up Centredale Manor Restoration; Site Work Completed at Pioneer Smelting; Innovative Cleanup Strategies Proposed for Nease Chemical; U.S. Army Uses PBC to Clean Up Hazardous Waste Sites; Employee Pleads Guilty to Mail Fraud and Making False Statement; Syosset Landfill Deleted from National Priorities List; EPA Outlines Strategies for Ensuring Post Construction Completion Activities are Effective; and more.
"CleanupNews II," Issue #20S2 (PDF) (June 2005) (95K)
EPA Helps Communities with Base Closings; $75.9 Million in Brownfields Grants Awarded; National Notable Achievement Award Winners Honored; EPA Conveys Data about Naturally Occurring Asbestos to California Community; Ten Sites Added to NPL, Seven Sites Proposed; Phytoremediation Part of Final Remedy for Del Monte Superfund Site; EPA and Local Authorities Respond to Colorado Oil Spill; Firestone Site Removed from Superfund List; and more.
"CleanupNews II," Issue #20S1 (PDF) (May 2005) (93K)
District Court Rejects Hercules' Divisibility of Harm Defense for Vertac Site Liability; Johnson Sworn in as EPA Administrator; In Memoriam: EPA Region 4 On-Scene Coordinator Gerald Foree; Congressional Hearing Highlights Potential Areas of Improvement in Brownfields Redevelopment; Superfund Commemorating 25th Anniversary with Photo History Project; Man Sentenced in Idaho Illegal Paint Disposal Case; Citizen's Guide to Institutional Controls Released; and more.
"CleanupNews," Issue #20 (PDF) (Spring 2005) ( 367K)
Bush Selects Johnson as Administrator; EPA Marking 35th Anniversary of Earth Day; 2005 National Notable Achievement Award Winners to be Honored; Institutional Controls Implementation Strategy Announced; Plymouth State University Fined for Hazardous Waste Violations; Triad Approach Streamlines Site Activities and Reduces Costs; EPA Proposes Groundwater Remedy for Southeast Federal Center; and more.
"CleanupNews II," Issue #19S (PDF) (February 2005) (87KB)
Grand Jury Charges W.R. Grace and Executives with Endangerment, Obstruction of Justice, and Fraud; Leavitt Confirmed as HHS Secretary; Johnson Becomes Acting EPA Administrator; Agencies Respond to Crude Oil Spill on Kentucky River; Cleaning Up Superfund Sites Yields Significant Benefits, Study Finds; Reuse Plan Completed for Velsicol Chemical Corporation Site; OSRE Issues Model RD Administrative Order on Consent; and more.
"CleanupNews," Issue #19 (PDF) (Winter 2005) (327K)
Leavitt Nominated for Health and Human Services Post; Supreme Court Rules No Contribution Rights For Voluntary CERCLA Cleanups; Region 2 Administrator Resigns; Small Contributors Resolve Beede Waste Oil Liability; Agreement Signed for Tri-Cities Barrel; "Return to Use" Initiative to Spur Reuse; Vacant Field to be Converted to Neighborhood Park; Agencies Respond to Oil Spill on Delaware River; and more.
Archives
2004 Editions
"CleanupNews II," Issue #18S (PDF) (December 2004) (89K)FY 2004 Enforcement, Compliance and Cleanup Results Announced; EPA Administrator Leavitt Addresses Brownfields Conference; Dunne Speaks on Future of Superfund; New Initiative Encourages Responsible Redevelopment; Vieques Proposed to NPL; Consent Decree Accomplishes Cleanup and Facilitates Redevelopment of Lake Michigan Waterfront; and more.
"CleanupNews," Issue #18 (PDF) (Fall 2004) (255K)
EPA Region 10 Administrator Iani Resigns; Portfields Project Gets $5 Million Boost; Rocky Flats Building Demolished; Sites Added to National Priorities List; Green Building SEPs; Oregon Metallurgical to Settle EPA Enforcement Action; Rhode Island Company to Pay $500,000 Penalty for Violations; and more.
"CleanupNews II," Issue #17S (PDF) (July 2004) (249K)
EPA Pledges over $75 Million for Brownfields; Florence Township Superfund Site Removed from NPL; Former Quarry Replaced by Manufacturing Facility; EPA Awards Community Involvement; Demolition to Begin at Atlas Tack Superfund Site; Oregon Announces Economic Development Initiatives; City of Los Angeles Publishes Guide for Abandoned Gas Stations; and more.
"CleanupNews," Issue #17 (PDF) (Summer 2004) (265K)
National Award Recipients Honored; EPA releases Guidance on Ability to Pay and De Minimis Amendments;"Smart Enforcement" Strategy Announced; Four Guam Facilities Fined for Underground Storage Tank Violations; Power of Change: A New Educational Campaign for Older Americans; National Corrective Action Conference, Orlando, FL - May 11-12, 2004; and more.
"CleanupNews II," Issue #16S (PDF) (May 2004) (233K)
Bush appoints Skinner Acting Assistant Administrator of OECA; Marianne Lamont Horinko, Assistant Administrator of OSWER Resigns; Atlas Tack consent decree entered; Demolition of 47 homes complete at Escambia; EPA completes cleanup at Stillwater Facility; A river runs through it - ADR supports the success of river sediment cleanups; and more.
"CleanupNews," Issue #16 (PDF) (Spring 2004) (275K)
Supreme Court to decide contribution rights for voluntary cleanups; Leavitt cuts ribbon for new emergency operations center; OSRE releases guidance on contiguous property owners; Poudre River investigation and cleanup begin; O'Brien Machinery project redevelopment; and more.
"CleanupNews II," Issue #15S (PDF) (February 2004) (220K)
Suarez resigns as Assistant Administrator; Significant FY2003 successes announced; EPA pursues Teck Cominco for Columbia River pollution; Ecological soil screening level guidance released; H.O.D Landfill designated ready for reuse; and more.
"CleanupNews," Issue #15 (PDF) (Winter 2004) (2 MB)
Leavitt sworn in as Administrator; Record turnout reported for Brownfields conference; Environmental Response Team marks 25th anniversary; Missouri redevelopment vision realized; EPA and DoD resolve post-ROD dispute; State cleanup officials focus on drycleaner contamination; and more.
2003
"CleanupNews II," Issue #14S (PDF) (November 2003) (241K)
Horinko dedicates Condor Street Urban Wild Park; New luxury apartments on former petroleum-contaminated site; Parceling Northwestern Steel provides economic benefit; Former Murray Smelter replaced by hospital; Congress debates MTBE liability protection; and more.
"CleanupNews," Issue #14 (PDF) (Fall 2003) (1.3 MB)
Bush nominates Leavitt for Administrator; EPA signs Consent Decree with Weyerhaeuser; Innovative remediation strategy planned for Emeryville; OSRE releases guidance on "windfall liens;" More Urban River Restoration pilots selected; Bikes hit the trail at Coeur d'Alene; CERCLA Municipal Solid Waste Exemption guidance released; and more.
"CleanupNews," Issue #13 (PDF) (Summer 2003) (276K)
EPA announces Acting Administrator and Deputy Administrator; Urban Rivers Restoration pilot; CIP proposed for Hudson River; Regional Ombudsmen title changed & roles defined; MOU signed with GSA; Top companies commit to achieve Environmental Indicators; and more.
"CleanupNews," Issue #12 (PDF) (Spring 2003) (1.09 MB)
Discusses EPA's role in the Columbia debris recovery mission; Laclede Steel settlement; District Court's dismissal of GE v. Whitman; One Cleanup Program initiative; 2003 National Notable Achievement Awards; Resource Conservation Challenge; and more.
"CleanupNews," Issue #11 (PDF) (Winter 2003) (327K)
Discusses Interagency Agreement; New Leadership in OSWER & OSRE; Lower Fox River Cleanup Decision; Cameron Station; Forest Glen Redevelopment; Court awards; and more.
2002
"CleanupNews," Issue #10 (PDF) (Spring 2002) (687K)
Discusses 2002 National Notable Achievement Awards; New leadership named in OECA; Land revitalization efforts; MTBE treatment profiles website; Brownfields Program partnership with Habitat for Humanity; Court rulings; and more.
"CleanupNews," Issue #9 (PDF) (Winter 2002) (1.09 MB)
Discusses new Brownfields legislation; Brownfields job training; Brownfields facts and figures; Hudson River Record of Decision; "Fundamentals of Environmental Justice Workshop" Train-the-Trainer Forum; Co-located sites in Lowell, Massachusetts; Court rulings; and more.
2001
"CleanupNews," Issue #8 (PDF) (Fall 2001) (675K)
Discusses the deletion of Times Beach from the NPL; 25 years of RCRA; EPA's emergency support role; Brownfields and MTBE legislation; USTfields pilots; Triad approach to site cleanup; Foreclosure prospective purchasing agreements; Court rulings; and more.
"CleanupNews," Issue #7 (PDF) (Summer 2001) (146K)
Discusses the 2001 National Notable Achievement Awards; Passage of Brownfields legislation; Award of $38 million to 90 communities for brownfields assessment and cleanup pilots; New ADR website; Court rulings; Special attention for Superfund accounts receivable; and more.
"CleanupNews," Issue #6 (PDF) (Winter 2001) (435K)
Discusses Superfund's 20th Anniversary; Settlement at the Iron Mountain Mine Superfund Site; Future revisions to the EPCRA regulations; Proposed Hudson River PCB cleanup; and more.
2000
"CleanupNews," Issue #5 (PDF) (Summer 2000) (1.52 MB)
Discusses Superfund indirect cost accounting methodology; Superfund cost recovery case with Atlas Asbestos Mine; Relocation Forum Stakeholder Meeting; New Brownfields Technology Support Center; and more.
"CleanupNews," Issue #4 (PDF) (Spring 2000) (1.68 MB)
Discusses the Koch Industries settlement; Superfund Recycling Equity Act; Third-party audit program to bolster air compliance; Use of alternative dispute resolution (ADR) in Brownfields cases; and more.
1999
"CleanupNews," Issue #3 (PDF) (Fall 1999) (1.6 MB)
Discusses the Superfund Redevelopment Initiative; Completed Love Canal cleanup; FY99 Accomplishments; AVTEX Fibers lawsuit; New Superfund Relocation Policy; and more.
"CleanupNews," Issue #2 (PDF) (Spring 1999) (1.95 MB)
Discusses Superfund Reforms; Superfund XL at the Fairmont Coke Site; New 122(h) guidance; and Y2K at Superfund sites
1998
"CleanupNews," Issue #1 (PDF) (Winter 1998) (1.93 MB)
Features articles on the GE cleanup agreement for the Housatonic River; EPA's municipal solid waste (MSW) policy; and supplemental environmental projects (SEPs) at Brownfields.