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Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Asbestos
The former Baltic Mills complex in Sprague, now a brownfield site.

Toxic Sites: Hazardous, Hard To Develop

By Gwyneth K. Shaw | September 16, 2012

Since 1994, close to $60 million has been spent by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to help rid communities of so-called brownfield sites, including close to $12 million for removing or containing pollutants. But to date only 19 have been completely cleaned and the cases closed, according to the EPA, hardly making a dent in a vast inventory estimated to be in the thousands.

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West Haven Company On Toxic Waste ‘Watch List’

By Barbara Moran | March 12, 2012

E.O. Manufacturing, a West Haven company specializing in industrial machinery, has been violating toxic waste laws for at least a decade, despite fines and legal action—a record that has earned it a spot on a national hazardous waste ‘watch list.’The state claims that the Horton Place facility, which is adjacent to a middle school, was handling and managing hazardous wastes improperly.  Although the state Department of Energy & Environmental Protection (DEEP) and the Attorney General’s office initiated action against E.O. more than three years ago, the company continues to dodge penalties and remediation orders.

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