The Issue Of Environmental Hazards

cubic yards of contaminated soil make this site the one of the largest Superfund projects (EPA, 2013).

Prior to the late 1950s the site was used as an excavation pit for sand and gravel. The quarry was subsequently used for the disposal of waste materials from 1950 until 1966. 10 acres of the 28-acre site has been used as a disposal area for several hazardous waste contaminants that included volatile organic compounds (VOCs) such as benzene, tetrahydrofuran, toluene, vinyl chloride and xylene; other organics such as phenols and PCBs as well as lead. The main area of contamination is in the southern half of the 10 acre area which encompasses about 6 acres which

The next Superfund that has greatly influenced the environment of Butler County is the Skinner Landfill. The Landfill is on 85 acres in West Chester (2). The facility was privately owned and was never actually licensed, so it closed in the 1970's (5). The landfill contains about 100 drums of chlorinated organics, and heavy metals. Along with the presence of the drums is the fact that a nearby lagoon was once used as a disposal for these contaminants, and that the site had problems with unauthorized dumping (5). Fortunately, no contaminants have been discovered leaving the site (5). The presence of these

What designates a site a Superfund site? A superfund site is a hazardous location that requires long-term response to clean up

The end result that Burch is fighting for is that these farms need to be regulated under the Superfund law. The Superfund law is a United States federal government program designed to fund the cleanup of sites contaminated with hazardous substances and pollutants (Superfund, 2016, n.d.). This law is there to regulate the disposal of hazardous material as well as an emergency team that cleans up spills that will affect the environment.

This site was used as a manufacturing and packaging facility. From the 1970s to the present day, the property has been used to package and make chemical products such as cosmetics. The City of Newark now owns many parts of the property. Investigations of an oily spill in the Passaic river revealed that the waste was not properly disposed and that it contained VOCs and semi-volatile organic compounds, as well as metals and polychlorinated biphenyls. They still have not determined the statistics of how many people might be affected as well as what can be done to clean up this site to prevent further discharge into the river. The last superfund site that I looked into was the Diamond Alkali CO. This superfund site is contaminated by the byproduct of DDT or “Agent Orange” which was dioxin. Dioxin is an extremely toxic chemical. This company was manufacturing agricultural chemicals. This chemical through runoff ended up in Lower Passaic River. Because of that New Jersey prohibits the consumption of any fish or other organisms from that area. Now they are all trying to clean all the superfund

To reduce the hazards of the security of the children in the setting all staff needs to have an up to date DBS check and safeguarding training. Another form of hazards to the security of the children and young people in the setting is things like doors, all doors need to be locked with a key out of reach of the children so they can’t get out and people who don’t have reason to be in the setting can’t get in the setting can’t get in. The same with

This paper include analyse of main environmental issues, such as: impact on agriculture, forestry and soils; air quality; climate, community, cultural heritage, ecology, land quality, visual effects, noise/vibration, waste material resources and water resources/ flood risk.

The purpose of this document is to provide an explanation for the cleanup of abandoned or contaminated industrial sites in Maryland. These contaminated sites are typically referred to as Brownfields or Superfund sites. A brownfield is a term used to describe land in the United States that is under used because redevelopment is complicated by the presence of environmental contamination.1 State entities work in cooperation with the EPA to delegate management of brownfield cleanup programs. Superfund sites are defined as abandoned sites that require federal action because they pose a real threat to human health or the environment. Congress establish the Superfund Program in 1980 to evaluate and clean up the worst sites nationwide. Superfund site

The superfund site program established by the federal government is when the EPA interferes to clean up an area that has been left poisoned, normally by

When trying to look up the policy behind the superfund act it was all blocked, which I found extremely interesting. I was trying to get a better feeling of what exactly the policy cover from the original document. The article by Ariel Wittenburg looked into more defining what the Superfund was supposed to be doing. The she transited into how it has helped and what it covers. Finally she talks about the failures of the program that stem from policy. The most shocking part of the article had to deal with the difference is reductions; in 1991-1993 only had a 10% reduction compared to the 53% reduction rate in 2001 to 2003. It would be interesting to see how many of these sites should still be on the list when looking at concentrations of toxins in the environment. Also how the talked about the finances of this programs was eye opening. This is a major issue

A Superfund is a program that was created in 1980, that oversees the management and cleanup of abandoned Hazardous waste sites. Hazardous materials at the given locations consist of gases, explosives, flammable liquids, mineral deposits and numerous others but are not limited to only such hazardous wastes. Once an abandoned location is determined to contain forms of hazardous materials by individuals (citizens, state levels, or the Environmental Protection Agency) can locate the sites. The Environmental Protection Agency then can assign programs such as the Superfunds to the complicated process of cleaning up the waste materials. The EPA also determines the necessary funding and remedies required to obtain a reclaimed property of land for the

Although, the Superfund program is making a visible and lasting difference in communities by cleaning up nation’s worst hazardous waste site, a threat to public health and our natural environment, enhancing the quality of life and leading to advances in technology. This process is taking years for implementation which is affecting the resident near contaminants and also the nation’s money, making it expensive and unfair for some

2. Nuclear Waste Disposal – Again a massive problem as the spent Nuclear Rods of Nuclear Reactors are prohibitively costly and difficult to dispose of. Spent nuclear fuel is initially very highly radioactive and so must be handled with great care and forethought. (10'000 years according to United States Environmental Protection Agency standards).There is no foolproof way to dispose nuclear waste fuel after it is used in the Nuclear Reactors. The area around Nuclear Waste Sites can be dangerous to humans for hundreds of year as complex nuclear elements have half lives running into many years. The United States had accumulated more than 50,000 metric tons of spent nuclear fuel from nuclear reactors. Permanent storage underground in U.S. had been proposed at the Yucca but that project has now been effectively cancelled. There is presently no adequate safe long-term storage for radioactive and chemical waste

Congress passed The Solid Waste Disposal Act in 1965. The Agency of Environmental Safety considered this Act as the primary effort made by federal authority for efficient waste clearance technology. This act controls the dumping material; manage storage and management of solid, both and non-precarious and precarious wastage. It highlights the processes that are environmentally liable to dispose waste at the commercial, municipal, industrial and household levels (Tchobanoglous & Vergara, 2010). This was considered as primary initiative of a chain of systems focusing on resource management and air cleaning (Gerlak, 2005). There have been several major adjustments made to the Act with the reference to Resource Recovery and Conservation Act (1976). The involvement of federal