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riversedge

(69,710 posts)
Sat Sep 23, 2017, 06:43 PM Sep 2017

EPA removes waste at Texas toxic sites, wont say from where

Source: AP




By MICHAEL BIESECKER
9 minutes ago


WASHINGTON (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency says it has recovered 517 containers of “unidentified, potentially hazardous material” from highly contaminated toxic waste sites in Texas that flooded last month during Hurricane Harvey.

The agency has not provided details about which Superfund sites the material came from, why the contaminants at issue have not been identified and whether there’s a threat to human health.

The one-sentence disclosure about the 517 containers was made Friday night deep within a media release from the Federal Emergency Management Agency summarizing the government’s response to the devastating storm.

At least a dozen Superfund sites in and around Houston were flooded in the days after Harvey’s record-shattering rains stopped. Associated Press journalists surveyed seven of the flooded sites by boat, vehicle and on foot. The EPA said at the time that its personnel had been unable to reach the sites, though they surveyed the locations using aerial photos.

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Read more: https://apnews.com/55aaa7d7345b4df5bbb8849310b36a5e/EPA-removes-waste-at-Texas-toxic-sites,-won't-say-from-where





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EPA removes waste at Texas toxic sites, wont say from where (Original Post) riversedge Sep 2017 OP
FEMA has rules about this stuff. uberblonde Sep 2017 #1
Greg Abbott, and the ass**** in Texas gutted a a law: turbinetree Sep 2017 #2
Can ACLU sue??? hamsterjill Sep 2017 #3
Dollars to donuts the waste ends up in old fracking wells Crash2Parties Sep 2017 #4
Another man-made disaster waiting to happen and the responsible parties will be Alzheimer's patients truthisfreedom Sep 2017 #5

uberblonde

(1,215 posts)
1. FEMA has rules about this stuff.
Sat Sep 23, 2017, 07:52 PM
Sep 2017

But Texas opted out.

The rules are meant to help first responders and surrounding communities know what chemicals are involved in fires, leaks, etc.

Texas would rather we didn't know these things.

Crash2Parties

(6,017 posts)
4. Dollars to donuts the waste ends up in old fracking wells
Sun Sep 24, 2017, 12:22 AM
Sep 2017

B/c of the court enforced protection of secrecy concerning the make up of "proprietary" fracking fluids. Companies are already taking advantage and pumping waste into depleted fields. So much cheaper than properly disposing of it, you see.

truthisfreedom

(23,113 posts)
5. Another man-made disaster waiting to happen and the responsible parties will be Alzheimer's patients
Sun Sep 24, 2017, 04:08 AM
Sep 2017

when they should be facing prosecution.

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