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ICYMI: THE SUN HERALD: EPA has plan for toxic waste site near Sound in Pascagoula

01/02/2018
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By Karen Nelson
January 2, 2018

When the giant gypsum stacks, with the hundreds of millions of gallons of acid water they create, became a Superfund site last month, the head of EPA said it would move quickly to make a difference.

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