ExxonMobil, BP, DuPont and Veolia are among the 12 private parties that will pay more than $3.5 million as part of a settlement with the EPA related to the Metro Container Superfund Site in Trainer, Pennsylvania.
The 12 settling parties will pay an estimated $2.5 million for the investigation and an estimated $1 million to remove contaminated soil at the superfund site. They will also reimburse the EPA for its oversight costs. The entities include:
Using information from this investigation, the EPA says it will select an effective action to protect the surrounding community and nearby waterways and wetlands from site-related contamination. Stoney Creek is about 1,000 feet from the site and flows directly into the Delaware River.
The Metro Container site was added to the EPA’s National Priorities list, a list of the most contaminated sites in the nation, in 2012. EPA investigations have documented numerous hazardous waste contaminants of concern at the site — including polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), pesticides and numerous volatile organic compounds — in the soil and ground water plumes migrating from the site and into Stoney Creek and the Delaware River.
Earlier this month the EPA reached a $55 million settlement with Shell Oil Company and the US General Services Administration for the cleanup of contaminated soil at the Del Amo Superfund Site in Los Angeles, California.
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