In Likely First, EPA Proposes Site With Subsurface Intrusion To NPL

February 23, 2018
EPA is proposing to list a contaminated site to Superfund's National Priorities List (NPL) based on subsurface intrusion in what is believed to be the agency's first-time use of a 2017 rule that allows it to list a site solely because of the presence of subsurface intrusion in occupied structures. The agency is proposing to add Rockwell International Wheel & Trim site in Grenada, MS, to the NPL, according to a recent Federal Register notice of proposed listings ...


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