EPA Proposes to Remove Three of the Last Four Properties at the South Minneapolis Residential Soil Contamination Superfund Site from Superfund List
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
CHICAGO – (February 16, 2024) – Today, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced a proposal to delete three of the remaining four properties that are part of the South Minneapolis Residential Soil Contamination Superfund site from the National Priorities List, a list of the most contaminated sites in the nation. Arsenic cleanup is complete at these three properties.
The 1,480-acre site is near a former pesticide manufacturing plant. During plant operations, powder-like arsenic trioxide may have periodically blown into the Phillips, Longfellow and Powderhorn neighborhoods in south Minneapolis, which resulted in contaminated soils. EPA has previously completed investigation and/or soil cleanup of more than 3,600 residential properties in the area and deleted them from the NPL. The one remaining property was partially cleaned up but will remain on the list until the institutional controls are implemented.
EPA’s comment period begins February 16,2024 through March 18, 2024. The public can submit comments by:
For more information, please visit the South Minn. site website.
Read the full article at: https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/epa-proposes-remove-three-last-four-properties-south-minneapolis-residential-soil
