EPA Secures Voluntary Cleanup, Defers Enforcing UAO At New York Site

EPA Region 2 is deferring on whether it will enforce a unilateral cleanup order against a baby food manufacturer after the company took the rare step earlier this year of refusing to comply with the order, with the agency announcing Nov. 16 that a New York county has agreed to voluntarily dispose of the asbestos contamination at issue. In the announcement, Region 2 said it has entered into a voluntary agreement with Montgomery County, NY, to remove more than 2,500...