E.P.A. settlement for Companies to develop Soil and Waste Design Project

PHILADELPHIA (Nov. 5, 2013) - The E.P.A. today announced that 16 companies have agreed to develop a detailed design project for the Superfund cleanup of contaminated soil and waste at the Central Chemical Location on Mitchell Avenue in Hagerstown, Washington Co., Md. at an estimated cost of $250,000.

The companies are: Arkema, Inc.; Bayer Crop Science, LP; E. I. Du Pont de Nemours and Company; FMC Corporation; Honeywell International, Inc.; Lebanon Seaboard Corporation; Montrose Chemical Corporation of California; News Publishing Australia Limited; Occidental Chemical Corporation; Olin Corporation; Rohm and Haas Company; Rhone-Poulenc; Shell Oil Company; Syngenta Crop Protection, LLC; Union Carbide Corporation; and Wilmington Securities, Incorporated

This settlement moves the process of cleaning up of the Central Chemical Superfund Location another step forward in protecting public health and the environment. It is anticipated that it will take approximately 2 years to complete the design.

E.P.A. selected a cleanup project for the contaminated soil and waste portion of the Central Chemical Location in 2009 following an extensive investigation, an analysis of 6 cleanup options, and community involvement. The soil and waste portion is one of the 2 components of the clean up.

For more information visit EPA's website about the Location cleanup: http://www.epa.gov/reg3hwmd/npl/MDD003061447.htm

For the most recent fact sheet see:
http://www.epa.gov/reg3hwmd/npl/MDD003061447/fs/07-15-13_FINAL_Central_Chemical_Fact_Sheet(2).pdf

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