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Bucks County History: From the archives: Revere Chemical Co.

By Rayna Polsky

After a little rummaging, I learned that "Echo, Inc." was a chemical reclamation plant — they produced "copper fungicides," amongst other things — in Nockamixon Township. Beginning around 1963, Echo was operated at various times by Echo ...
Bucks County History - http://www.buckscountyhistory.org/

 

Toxic cleanup fund running out of money

By BRIAN SCHEID http://www.phillyBurbs.com 

A nearly 20-year-old program that funds cleanup at contaminated toxic dumpsites throughout the state will run out of money by the end of the week.

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The program’s lack of money will delay, and possibly even halt, the cleanup of groundwater and soil pollution at hundreds of sites in Pennsylvania — including 10 projects in Bucks County.

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Bucks hazardous sites being cleaned up

bulletBristol Township, groundwater contamination in Croydon
bulletDoylestown Township, groundwater contamination at Vandor Manufacturing
bulletDoylestown Township and Buckingham, groundwater contamination at Furlong Manufacturing
bulletDoylestown and Doylestown Township, groundwater and surface water contamination at Chem Fab
bulletHilltown and Bedminster, groundwater contamination at Morris Run
bulletNockamixon, groundwater and soil contamination at Arrow Carting Landfill
bulletSellersville, groundwater and surface water contamination at Sellersville Landfill
bulletWarrington, groundwater contamination
bulletWest Rockhill, soil contamination at Forrest Road Dump
bulletWrightstown, groundwater contamination at Mill Creek For more information on the sites access: www.pennenvironment.org/healthy-communities/cleaning-up-toxic-waste-sites/hsca-sites

Source: Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection

Brian Scheid can be reached at 215-949-4165 or bscheid@phillyBurbs.com.

June 24, 2007 7:18 AM

http://www.phillyburbs.com/pb-dyn/news/147-06242007-1367912.html

 
 
     

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