[Dallas Morning News] How and when will the EPA clean toxic sludge site in North Texas suburb?
[Dallas Morning News] How and when will the EPA clean toxic sludge site in North Texas suburb?
The Environmental Protection Agency will discuss cleanup of the Delfasco Forge property in Grand Prairie, one of the country’s most polluted sites.
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The Environmental Protection Agency will address its plan to clean an industrial site leaking cancer-causing chemicals to dozens of Grand Prairie homes this week.
The agency has scheduled a public meeting Thursday to discuss its investigation of the site, abatement strategy and timeline.
Roughly 80 homes in the predominantly low-income Burbank Gardens neighborhood are contaminated by toxic chemicals discarded by defense contractor Delfasco Forge.
Delfasco Forge — which made practice bombs for the Navy and Air Force and machinery during the 1980s and ’90s — used TCE to clean equipment.
Federal and state authorities have acknowledged anger with the slow-moving process but said the timeline is consistent with this type of toxic site.
For now, the agency and the Texas State Department of Health Services urged residents to request a free vapor mitigation system be installed in their homes.
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