Top EPA Regional Official to Tour Superfund Sites in Orange and Dutchess Counties with Congressmember Sean Patrick Maloney

MEDIA ADVISORY

Top EPA Regional Official to Tour Superfund Sites in Orange and Dutchess Counties with Congressmember Sean Patrick Maloney 

Contact: Elias Rodriguez, (732) 672-5520 cell, (212) 637-3664 office, rodriguez.elias@epa.gov

(New York, N.Y. – June 7, 2013) On Monday, June 10, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Regional Administrator Judith A. Enck, Congressmember Sean Patrick Maloney and local officials will tour a system to treat contaminated ground water at the Shenandoah Road Ground Water Contamination Superfund site in the hamlet of Hopewell Junction, East Fishkill, New York. They will also travel throughout Orange and Dutchess Counties to review and assess progress on Superfund cleanups at two additional hazardous waste sites. The other sites on the tour are Consolidated Iron and Metal in Newburgh and Nepera Chemical in Hamptonburg near Maybrook.

Superfund is the federal cleanup program established by Congress in 1980 to investigate and clean up the country’s most hazardous waste sites. The program was enacted in the wake of the discovery of toxic waste dumps such as Love Canal in the 1970s. It allows the EPA to clean up such sites and to compel parties responsible for the pollution to perform cleanups or reimburse the government for EPA-lead cleanups.

What:               Update on cleanups at three Superfund sites with EPA Regional Administrator, member of                                     Congress, local officials and subject matter experts, photo opportunities and interviews,                                             explanation of environmental technology.

Who:               Judith A. Enck, EPA Regional Administrator

                        Sean Patrick Maloney, U.S. Congressman

                        East Fishkill Town Supervisor John Hickman, Jr.

                        Newburgh Mayor Judy Kennedy

                        Hamptonburg Town Supervisor Robert Jankowski

           

When:              10:30 a.m. Monday, June 10, 2013

Where:             Shenandoah Road Ground Water Contamination Superfund Site (First Stop on Tour)

                        7 East Hook Cross Road, Hopewell Junction (East Fishkill). The Bethel Baptist Church is                                     located at 511 Shenandoah Road and is located approximately 0.15 miles from the site.  The                                   church is located at about the highest spot in the area. Directions: As one proceeds north from                              the church on Shenandoah Road, East Hook Cross Road clearly splits to the left up a hill.  Travel                                     up East Hook Cross Road a brief way to the first left which is a paved driveway.  Travel up the                                   driveway to the actual remediated site (an open field).  There are two additional driveways once                              one gets there. The second driveway on the left takes one up the hill to the treatment plant. 

                        Second Stop on Tour: Aprox. 12:15 p.m. Consolidated Iron Superfund Site at 1 Front St.,                                     Newburgh, NY

                        Third Stop on Tour: Aprox.1:15 p.m. Nepera Chemical Superfund Site at 217 Maybrook Road,                           Hamptonburg, NY

                                               

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