Closing a chapter on Love Canal

Journal Article · Sat Oct 31 23:00:00 EST 1987 · Environment; (USA)

OSTI ID:5548425

The toxic wastes that were dumped in the 1950s at Love Canal in New York and then seeped into groundwater and the basements of local residents in the late 1970s are to be finally incinerated, according to a plan recently announced by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). This last, five-year stage in the cleanup will entail the building of an incinerator for burning 35,000 cubic yards of dioxin-contaminated sediment dredged from creeks and sewers in the area at a cost of up to $31 million. The incinerated residue - which will be purified of detectable levels of dioxin, says EPA - will be returned to the site and spread several feet deep.

• OSTI ID: 5548425
• Journal Information: Environment; (USA), Journal Name: Environment; (USA) Vol. 29:9; ISSN 0013-9157; ISSN ENVTA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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Terrestrial-- Chemicals Monitoring & Transport-- (-1989)
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
CHEMICAL WASTES
COMBUSTION
DETOXIFICATION
DIOXIN
ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS
FEDERAL REGION II
GROUND DISPOSAL
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS
MANAGEMENT
MATERIALS
NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
NEW YORK
NORTH AMERICA
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
OXIDATION
SEDIMENTS
SOILS
THERMOCHEMICAL PROCESSES
US EPA
US ORGANIZATIONS
USA
WASTE DISPOSAL
WASTE MANAGEMENT
WASTES