Ground Water Contamination Agreement Reached for Paducah
The environmental cleanup of hazardous waste at the Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant (PGDP) continues with an agreement for the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to install a system to remove a degreasing solvent causing ground water pollution at the plant.
The state of Kentucky, DOE and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) signed the Interim Record of Decision (ROD) today. While DOE is responsible for the cleanup of the site, Kentucky and EPA have oversight of the remediation of the plant.