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Appendix IV: Sites Receiving Recovery Act
FundingDollars in millions
Amount of
Recovery Act
funds
State Site name provided Description of the planned use of Recovery Act funds"
MO Madison County Mines 11.1 EPA will use Recovery Act funds to support ongoing excavation,
replacement, and disposal of approximately 205,000 cubic yards of
lead-contaminated residential soil at approximately 800 residential
properties. Consistent with EPA's overall site cleanup approach, this
activity will address the highest priority and greatest risk to human
health at the site-exposure of young children to lead-contaminated
residential soil. EPA anticipates that the Recovery Act funding will
allow for the projected 4- to 5-year cleanup to be completed on an
expedited schedule.
MO Oronogo-Duenweg Mining 10 EPA will use Recovery Act funds to support excavation and disposal
Belt of the site's contaminated mining wastes, soils, and sediments.
Recovery Act funds also will support capping of the disposal areas,
backfilling and revegetating excavated areas, and constructing
wetlands to improve surface water cleanup. The additional funding
will expedite the ongoing cleanup action by addressing an additional
600 to 800 acres of contaminated mining waste and soil.
MT Upper Tenmile Creek Mining 6.5 EPA will use Recovery Act funds to expedite the ongoing cleanup
Area and to start new work. Ongoing work to be supported by Recovery
Act funds includes the removal of waste from residential yards in the
community of Rimini and the Landmark subdivision, removal of waste
at the Lee Mountain Mine, placement of waste in the Luttrell
Repository, and additional stabilization and partial capping of the
repository. New work to be performed with Recovery Act funds will be
the removal of waste from the Rimini Road area.
NC GMH Electronics 1.5 EPA will use Recovery Act funds to extend the existing City of
Roxboro's municipal drinking water line to the area affected by the
contamination. Residences that have contamination attributable to
the site in their private drinking water wells, or are located within a
500-foot buffer area of the contaminated groundwater plume, will be
offered a connection to this public water supply. A follow-up action
will be needed to address contaminated sources, contaminated
groundwater, and any other contaminated media caused by the site.
NC Sigmon's Septic Tank 1 EPA will use Recovery Act funds to begin cleanup activities to
Service excavate contaminated soil. After being excavated, EPA will dispose
of the contaminated soil off-site. EPA will backfill and revegetate the
excavated area.
ND Arsenic Trioxide Site 13.8 EPA will use Recovery Act funds to accelerate the project to bring
safe drinking water to approximately 180 remaining rural households
and to expand the water treatment and distribution facilities to handle
the increased demand. EPA estimates that the project schedule will
be accelerated by 1 year. Specific activities include drilling two
additional water supply wells, installing an additional water treatment
filter, constructing an additional reservoir and pump house, modifying
four existing reservoirs, and extending water distribution lines.GAO-10-380 Superfund
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