EPA Makes Case-Specific Cleanup Decisions As Virus Drives Health Fears

March 27, 2020
EPA is taking a case-by-case approach in deciding whether to proceed with cleanup activities at Superfund sites in the face of concerns that continuing remedial work could spread the coronavirus, though the agency is maintaining its ability to respond to “health or environmental emergencies” at Superfund or other waste sites. Asked about the impacts of the coronavirus pandemic on the Superfund program or work related to sampling or cleanup of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), an EPA spokesperson told Inside...


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