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As the EPA continues its mission to protect public health and the environment, these reviews serve as crucial checkpoints in the ongoing effort to clean up America's most contaminated sites.

Measure could impact an estimated 450,000 contaminated properties across the United States while spurring economic development in affected communities.

The expected completion date for this project is May 2026.

Microbiology professor Mary Beth Leigh and the team found that planting grasses or adding fertilizer, or a combination of both, to a contaminated site had surprisingly persistent effects on the microbes associated with local vegetation.

Here's a May 23 remediation news roundup surrounding Superfund and brownfield sites from the U.S. EPA.

Framework will put people to work in locally led landscape restoration projects driven by collaborative partnerships while advancing climate resilience.

A crew of 270 people are hard at work remediating around nine waste rock piles — which the EPA estimates will cost over $1 billion to clean up.

Pathfinders Resource Conservation and Development, Inc., was awarded $300,000 for three AMD projects selected through the merit review process for federal funding opportunities.

AML reclamation supports jobs in coal communities by investing in projects that close dangerous mine shafts, reclaim unstable slopes, improve water quality by treating acid mine drainage, and restore water supplies damaged by mining.

 The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law allocated a total of $16 billion to address legacy pollution, including $11.3 billion in abandoned mine land funding over 15 years.