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Title
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Work Begins to Remove Contamination at Newtown, Conn. Site
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Description
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This site is a former aluminum smelting facility that was in operation from 1947 to 1987, but now sits abandoned. The operations of the facility included smelting aluminum and using oil that contained polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) while also heating the facility building and running the smelters using volatile organic compounds (VOCs). The EPA was called to start a 2-month project to remove large piles of fine metal waste products that were contaminated with high levels of metal, including cadmium, lead, tin, chromium, copper, zinc, nickel, and PCBs, asbestos-containing roofing shingles, drums, containers, and aboveground storage tanks. Today, the site is marked as a Superfund Site and remains abandoned.
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Date
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October 25, 2012 – October 25, 2012
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Location - Physical Location
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46A Swamp Road Newtown, CT
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Name
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Nora Kliczewski
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cites
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O'Neil, Kelsey. Work Begins to Remove Contamination at Newtown, Conn. Site. 25 Oct. 2012. United States Environmental Protection Agency, www.epa.gov/archive/epapages/newsroom_archive/newsreleases/60a0bc3044279fb185257aac007f3378.html.
