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ONE SITE IN THE SOUTHEAST FINALIZED FOR INCLUSION ON EPA'S SUPERFUND LIST

Release Date: 10/18/2003
Contact Information: Laura Niles, EPA Media Relations, 404-562-8353

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has added one site in the Southeast to the Superfund National Priority List (NPL) of hazardous waste sites. Nationally, twelve sites were added for the inclusion on the NPL. The NPL identifies abandoned or uncontrolled hazardous waste sites that warrant remedial (long-term) action. EPA identifies and ranks NPL sites according to threats to nearby populations through actual or potential contamination of groundwater, surface water or air. The sites are eligible for cleanup funded under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA), as amended by the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act (SARA). Today's announcement includes the Ram Leather Care site in Charlotte, North Carolina. Detailed information regarding the site may be obtained by contacting the RCRA/Superfund Hotline at 1-800-424-9346 EPA's goals for the Superfund program are to: address the worst sites and the worst problems first; make sites safe by immediately controlling acute threats to people and the environment; and develop and use new technologies for more effective cleanups.