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Mercury Incident at Yakima Home Requires EPA Emergency Cleanup

By Hanady Kader | EPA on Apr 8, 2015   National  

Mercury Incident at Yakima Home Requires EPA Emergency Cleanup

SEATTLE,WASH.-The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has completed an emergency cleanup of elemental mercury at a residential home in the South 15th Ave. and Nob Hill neighborhood of Yakima, Washington. EPA worked closely with Yakima Health District and the Washington State Department of Ecology to complete the cleanup and ensure that public health and the environment […]

EPA, ADEC Continue Richardson Highway Diesel Spill

By Hanady Kader | EPA on Jan 8, 2015   Featured, State  

EPA, ADEC Continue Richardson Highway Diesel Spill

(Seattle) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation are mobilized to remove 4,400 gallons of low-sulfur diesel from a creek that flows into the Tiekel River after an oil tanker truck slid off the Richardson Highway 48 miles northeast of Valdez, Alaska on Dec. 9 and spilled the fuel it was […]

Fort Wainwright Reduces Water Contamination Risk from Fuel Tanks in EPA Settlement

By Hanady Kader | EPA on Jul 2, 2014   Featured  

  (Seattle—July 2, 2014) The U.S. Army is taking steps to improve management of its fuel storage tanks and comply with federal laws designed to protect groundwater at Fort Wainwright Garrison, located near Fairbanks, Alaska, according to a settlement with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. EPA inspections found that from at least 2012 to 2013, […]

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