[CPEO-BIF] Southeast Hennepin Superfund site, Minneapolis, Minnesota

[Lenny Siegel <LSiegel@cpeo.org>]

EPA begins work on Southeast Como Superfund site
The Environmental Protection Agency and the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency will begin surveying Southeast Como’s Superfund industrial sites in late summer to mitigate impacts of pollution.

by  Maya Marchel Hoff
Minnesota Daily
May 3, 2023

The process to clean up an industrial Superfund site in Southeast Como will begin in late summer after being in the neighborhood for more than 40 years. 

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The Southeast Hennepin site, which spans between Northeast Broadway and East Hennepin Avenue, has trichloroethylene-polluted groundwater. The site has contained a number of operations, including a gravel pit, outdoor motor manufacturing and metal finishing. 

Although the site is in a predominantly industrial location, it borders a residential area. 

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For the entire article, see
https://mndaily.com/277024/news/epa-begins-work-on-southeast-como-superfund-site/

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director
Center for Public Environmental Oversight
A project of the Pacific Studies Center
LSiegel@cpeo.org
P.O. Box 998, Mountain View, CA 94042
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Author: DISTURBING THE WAR: The Inside Story of the Movement to Get Stanford University out of Southeast Asia - 1965–1975 (See http://a3mreunion.org)

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