Federal Stimulus Funding To Speed Cleanup Of Two Federal Superfund Sites In PA

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency this week announced federal stimulus funding will be used to speed the cleanup two federal Superfund sites in Pennsylvania.

 

Up to $5 million will be used for the Havertown PCP Superfund site in Haverford Township, Delaware County, Pa. With the additional funds, EPA will accelerate work at the 15-acre site located 10 miles west of Philadelphia by beginning work on the third phase of excavation and construction to permanently address groundwater contamination and help protect a valuable local resource, Naylor Run stream.

 

Up to $5 million in new funding will be used for the Crossley Farm Superfund site in Hereford Township, Berks County, Pa. With the additional funds, EPA will accelerate work at the 24-acre site in rural Berks County. The site is contaminated from drums of chemicals that were disposed there from the mid-1960s to the mid-1970s.

 

The federal Recovery Act funding is part of the $600 million that Congress appropriated to the federal Superfund remedial program.

 

“EPA has an answer to these challenging economic times,” said EPA Administrator Lisa P. Jackson. “Under the Recovery Act, we're getting harmful pollutants and dangerous chemicals out of these communities and putting jobs and investment back in.”

 

"Not only will this funding give the struggling economy an important jumpstart with jobs, but it also provides EPA with important resources to continue the transformation of this once harmful Superfund site into a safe and protected property for the local community," said William C. Early, acting regional administrator for EPA's mid-Atlantic region. "The people of Haverford Township can one day look upon this site as a tremendous success story."