Superfund Site

U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) called on the Environmental Protection Agency to green-light Suffolk County’s plan to move forward with its revitalization efforts for the former Lawrence Aviation site — starting with $450,000 approved for tearing down blighted buildings.

Suffolk County will initiate new active shooter training for local schools.

Officials say a $23 million commitment from the Biden administration’s bipartisan infrastructure law will help complete the cleanup of Connecticut’s worst hazardous waste superfund site. The EPA’s cleanup of the Raymark Industries site in Stratford began in 1995.

New York officials say the former BOMARC Missile Base in Westhampton might qualify as a Superfund site after hazardous chemicals were detected in two…

New York State environmental officials plan to investigate a former landfill in Kings Park, Long Island, to check for carcinogenic chemicals.Investigators…

New York designated a section of East Hampton Airport in Wainscott, Long Island, as a Superfund site. That means a serious chemical clean-up is needed.The…

New York State environmental officials listed MacArthur Airport as a possible Superfund site after they detected high chemical compound levels in nearby…

Residents of Hoosick Falls in upstate New York went to the Capitol on Wednesday to demand hearings on the water crisis that has led to high levels of the…