EPA to announce Coast Guard’s Completion of Superfund Cleanup at Curtis Bay Yard That Emphasized Green Technologies

EPA News Release:

May 29, 2013

EPA to announce Coast Guard’s Completion of Superfund Cleanup

at Curtis Bay Yard That Emphasized Green Technologies

When:           11 a.m., Thursday, May 30, 2013

W here:         U.S Coast Guard Yard – Curtis Bay   

                        2401 Hawkins Point Road, Baltimore, Md. (located in Anne Arundel County, off Exit #1, I-695)

                          On a “ship-lift” near the water with a ships in the background 

Who:              

EPA Mid-Atlantic Regional Administrator Shawn M. Garvin

Rear Admiral Ronald J. Rábago, Assistant Commandant for Engineering & Logistics, USCG

Maryland Department of the Environment Director of the Land Management  Administration Horacio Tablada

What:            

The U.S. EPA will announce the U.S. Coast Guard’s completed remediation of the final contamination site at the Curtis Bay Yard Superfund Site, which begins the process of removing the site from the EPA’s National Priorities List (NPL), commonly known as the Superfund Program.   The ceremony will also recognize the Coast Guard for its use of green technologies to clean up waste from contaminated sites within the shipyard’s 113-acres that required remediation over the past 11 years.  The Coast Guard will highlight additional projects at the Yard that reflect their commitment to sustainability and environmental stewardship.

Logistics:

Enter at the main, and only, entrance. Security will direct you to Building #1 where you can park in front of the building.