U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 2: Recovery Act News ADVISORY - EPA Reaches Major Milestone at Welsbach Superfund Site with Demolition of Building

EPA Reaches Major Milestone at Welsbach Superfund Site with

        Demolition of Building

           

Contact: Beth Totman office: (212) 637-3662, cell: (646) 369-0064, totman.elizabeth@epa.gov

 

 

(New York, NY — Jul. 23, 2010) With the help of millions of dollars in Recovery Act funding,

an important milestone will be reached on Monday in the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) cleanup of the expansive Welsbach Superfund site in Camden, New Jersey.  Walter Mugdan, Superfund Director of EPA Region 2, Congressman Robert E. Andrews, Camden Mayor Dana Redd, and Heart of Camden’s Executive Director Helene Pierson, will mark the demolition of a large building adjacent to the former General Gas Mantle facility in Camden.  The building must be demolished to allow EPA to clean up radiologically contaminated soil underneath. 

 

Who:               Walter Mugdan, EPA Superfund Director for Region 2

                        Congressman Robert E. Andrews, 1^st District

                        Mayor Dana Redd, City of Camden

                        Helene Pierson, Executive Director of Heart of Camden

 

What:              Recovery Act funded demolition of a building that stands on radiologically contaminated

soil at the Welsbach Superfund site

 

When:             Monday, July 26, 2010 at 11 am

 

Where:            Intersection of S. 4^th Street and Jefferson in Camden, NJ

 

                        ***Parking available in the Mafco Parking lot at 4^th and Jefferson,***

 

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