Cleaning Up Environmental Contamination

Across the country, thousands of Federal facilities are contaminated wit hazardous waste, unexploded ordnance, radioactive waste, fuels, and a variety of other toxic contaminants. This site was developed by EPA Region 2's Federal Facilities Program to provide information and resources to help Federal facilities in New York, New Jersey, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands clean up environmental contamination on their property in the most cost-effective manner.

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Draft Policy for Addressing Ordnance and Explosives at Closed, Transferring, and Transferred Ranges and Other Sites

Draft Handbook on the Management of Ordnance and Explosives at Closed, Transferred, and Transferring Ranges

EPA's Federal Facilities Restoration and Reuse Office works in partnership with other Federal Agencies to facilitate faster, more effective, and less costly cleanup and reuse of Federal facilities.

Interstate, Technology, Regulatory, Cooperation (ITRC) is a state-led coalition working together with industry and stakeholders to achieve regulatory acceptance of new innovative environmental cleanup technologies by providing classroom and Internet training and developing guidance documents.

U.S. EPA's Superfund Program - Congress established the Superfund Program in 1980 to locate, investigate, and clean up the worst sites nationwide. This Web site provides an overview of EPA's Superfund program, highlights key steps in the Superfund cleanup process, and contains links to available compliance assistance resources, including a Protocol for Conducting Environmental Compliance Audits and the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (aka Superfund)

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Cleaning Up Environmental Contamination

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