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EPA removes the Buckeye Reclamation Landfill site in Belmont County, Ohio, from Superfund National Priorities List

October 1, 2019

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Adrian Palomeque (palomeque.adrian@epa.gov)
312-353-2035
Anne Rowan (rowan.anne@epa.gov)
312-353-9391

For Immediate Release: No. 19-OPA072

BELMONT COUNTY, Ohio (Oct. 1, 2019)  — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has removed the Buckeye Reclamation Landfill Superfund site from the National Priorities List (NPL). Cleanup is complete at the Superfund site. 

“EPA is making good on its commitment to pick up the pace of Superfund cleanups so the sites can be restored to productive use,” said EPA Regional Administrator Cathy Stepp. “Promoting redevelopment is part of EPA’s core mission and helps spur the local economy in communities near Superfund sites.”

Under the Trump Administration, EPA’s Superfund program has reemerged as a priority to fulfil and strengthen the agency’s core mission of protecting human health and the environment. In FY 2018, EPA deleted all or part of 22 sites from the Superfund’s NPL, the largest number of deletions in a single year since FY 2005 and a significant increase over the past few years.

Deep underground coal mining occurred near the site until the early 1950s, and a landfill operated on-site from 1971 to 1991. The landfill was used for the disposal of industrial waste including sludge and liquids as well as municipal waste. The cleanup involved installing a solid cap over the landfill and building a wetland to treat the liquid that drains from the landfill.

EPA proposed the deletion on July 31, 2019, and held a 30-day comment period. The agency did not receive any comments, and the final rule to delete the site can be found in docket: EPA-HQ-SFUND-1983-0002, accessed through https://regulations.gov.

Background
The NPL is a roster of the nation’s most contaminated sites that threaten human health or the environment. The sites on the list are eligible for cleanup under the Superfund program. EPA removes sites from the list once all the remedies are successfully implemented and no further cleanup is required to protect human health or the environment.

To learn more about this site: http://www.epa.gov/superfund/buckeye-reclamation.

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