Superfund at work: Hazardous waste cleanup efforts nationwide, winter 1993. (Wells G and H Site, Woburn, Massachusetts)

Technical Report · Fri Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1993

OSTI ID:6709310

The document profiles the Superfund cleanup of the Wells G and H site in Woburn, Massachusetts. One year later, comprehensive cleanup activities have begun at four of the site's five property areas. Contamination of the wells was discovered in 1979 when local residents suspected that an unusually high incidence of childhood leukemia was linked to drinking water. EPA's Superfund enforcement efforts yielded a resolution in which: settling parties agreed to a cleanup worth approximately $70 million, the largest Superfund settlement in New England. The agreement directs cleanup of four properties simultaneously; EPA achieved the record settlement in only four months of negotiations; and initially recalcitrant polluters realized they were better off cooperating with the Superfund proces, and are working with both EPA and the community as partners.

• Research Organization: Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC (United States). Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response
• OSTI ID: 6709310
• Report Number(s): PB-93-963601/XAB; EPA--520/F-92/015
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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540250* -- Environment
Terrestrial-- Site Resource & Use Studies-- (1990-)
AROMATICS
CHLORINATED AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS
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DATA
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