The EPA plans to spend up to $2.8-million on an interim cleanup plan for the old Alaric Inc. Superfund site in Orient Park, Fla.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) plans to spend up to $2.8-million on an interim cleanup plan for the old Alaric Inc. Superfund site in Orient Park, Fla., according agency officials. The money would be used to clean up contaminated soil and ground water on the property, which has been used by various industrial companies since the early 1970s. Although no surrounding residents are threatened by drinking water contamination, the EPA wants to stop the rapid spread of discarded solvents as soon as possible, project manager Brad Jackson says. The ground water contamination "seemed to have doubled in size the last two years," according to Jackson. "We want to make sure it doesn't get any worse."
The agency, which took over the project from the Florida Department of Environmental Protection in 1999, hopes to have a plan ready by February and start work in 2003. The EPA currently oversees two neighboring Superfund sites.