EPA To Address Environmental Concerns At the Wellfield in Riviera Beach, Florida.Business Editors ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 16, 2000 The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), independent agency of the U.S. government, with headquarters in Washington, D.C. It was established in 1970 to reduce and control air and water pollution, noise pollution, and radiation and to ensure the safe handling and today announced action it has taken to address environmental concerns at the Solitron Devices and Trans Circuit Superfund sites in Palm Beach County, Florida Palm Beach County is a county located in the state of Florida. As of 2007, the county had a population of 1,351,236 according to the University of Florida, Bureau of Economic and Business Research[1]. . Specifically, EPA EPA eicosapentaenoic acid. EPA abbr. eicosapentaenoic acid EPA, n.pr See acid, eicosapentaenoic. EPA, n. is delaying the selection of a cleanup plan for contaminated contaminated, v 1. made radioactive by the addition of small quantities of radioactive material. 2. made contaminated by adding infective or radiographic materials. 3. an infective surface or object. groundwater at the site until further testing is completed. The additional sampling is being conducted in response to concerns raised by the City of Riviera Beach Riviera Beach (rəvēr`ə), resort city (1990 pop. 27,639), Palm Beach co., SE Fla., on Lake Worth (a lagoon); inc. 1922. Research and development firms are located in the growing city. during EPA's comment period on the proposed cleanup. The testing is expected to be completed within six months. "Postponing the selection of a final cleanup until after additional studies are completed will allow for a more comprehensive approach in cleaning up contamination which may have threatened the city's wellfield for many years," said John H. Hankinson, Jr., EPA Regional Administrator in Atlanta. "EPA remains firmly committed to working with the City of Riviera Beach to ensure that the remedy is protective of human health and the environment." Additional testing will include groundwater sampling within the wellfield and beneath the Solitron site. The supplemental study also may necessitate ne·ces·si·tate tr.v. ne·ces·si·tat·ed, ne·ces·si·tat·ing, ne·ces·si·tates 1. To make necessary or unavoidable. 2. To require or compel. the construction of more wells in the area. The results of the testing will enable EPA to satisfy community concerns prior to completion of the decision-making process. Upon completion of the study, EPA will determine if the current proposed cleanup will be implemented as is, modified, or if a new remedy will be proposed. The proposed cleanup plan to address groundwater contamination near the Trans Circuit site will include a provision to support the city's cost of operating the air stripping Air stripping is the transferring of volatile components of a liquid into an air stream. It is a chemical engineering technology used for the purification of groundwaters and wastewaters containing volatile compounds. towers. The cleanup proposal for the Trans Circuit site will be available for public comment within the next three weeks. EPA is firmly committed to working cooperatively with the community to provide maximum opportunity to review and comment on all reports, studies and decisions made throughout the cleanup at both sites. |
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