The Proposed Plan , Environmental Justice Analysis , and Source Control Strategy for the Lower Duwamish Waterway Superfund Site have been released and are open for public comment. Click here to get more information on how to comment by June 13th, 2013.

Please read the edited March 2013 ESC Newsletter, a factual error was corrected regarding the Portland Harbor Superfund Site. available to read HERE!

The Wisconsin community group, Citizens for Safe Water Around Badger, has released a press release about the recent Alternate Feasibility Study read about it here HERE!

Peter will be presenting the findings of the NRC committee on Uranium Mining in Virginia to the Potomac Watershed Roundtable on Friday, January 11. The presentation is available to view HERE.

President of ESC, Dr. Peter deFur has contributed to a new protocol which chemists can use to avoid the hazard of creating endocrine disrupting chemicals. Read the press release for Tiered Protocol for Endocrine Disruption (TiPED) here.

Click here to view ESC’s Environmental Scientist, Laura Williams, masters thesis abstract entitled: The Effect of River Contaminants and Moderate Hypoxia on Blue Crabs (Callinectes Sapidus) from the Tidal Freshwater James River.

The US Army Corp of Engineers demolishes house on former WWI munitions site in the Spring Valley neighborhood of Washington, DC. Click here for the NBC news clip

The Velsicol Record of Decision for Operable Unit 1 has been released. Click here to read it

The Portland Harbor Community Advisory Group will hold its monthly meeting from 6 – 8 PM on June 13th at the Portland BES Water Pollution Control Lab. The meeting will include a discussion on restoration planning for the Portland Harbor Superfund site. For more information, visit the PHCAG website

ESC has submitted comments on behalf of Olympic Environmental Council on the Port Angeles Harbor Sediment Investigation Report. Click here to read the comments

EPA has posted the Potential Remediation Approaches to the GE-Pittsfield­ Housatonic River Site “Rest of River” PCB Contamination document which is now available under the Housatonic River Initiative section of this site. Click HERE to view the .pdf of the document.

Technical Assistance Needs Assessment: A tool to determine if your community group could benefit from a Technical Assistance Grant.

It’s The Environment!
by Peter deFur

Updated June 2012 – Compiled list of Community Advisory Groups (CAGs) for EPA Superfund sites, also found on the Assistance page

Updated July 2012 – Compiled list of Technical Assistance Grant (TAG) Recipients, also found on the Assistance page

Click here for a comparison of the 3 different types of grants that the EPA provides