EPA added five sites and is considering adding another three to its list of highly contaminated areas in line for cleanup, the agency announced Tuesday.
Under the Superfund program, EPA deploys federal resources to rid sites — often former mines or industrial facilities — of the toxic waste causing environmental harm and adverse health effects to the nearby community.
“Today’s updates are a crucial step forward as the Biden-Harris Administration works comprehensively to clean up some of the nation’s most contaminated sites, especially those in communities already overburdened by pollution,” EPA Administrator Michael Regan said in a news release.
“Cleaning up contaminated land and groundwater and returning them for productive use to communities is a win-win-win for our environment, for public health and for the economy,” he added.
