Navy Yard Headed for Superfund List
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From Times Staff and Wire Reports
The Environmental Protection Agency is moving to have the Washington Navy Yard placed on the national list of Superfund hazardous-waste sites and has ordered the Navy to begin cleaning up dangerous pollutants in soil and storm sewers at the historic facility. The EPA’s heightened activities at the 66-acre installation are part of efforts to restore the Anacostia River, which has been heavily polluted by D.C. sewage discharges and toxic runoff from the Navy Yard and other sources.
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