Dive summary:

• The EPA is adding nine hazardous waste sites to the list of National Priority Superfund sites with the possibility of adding nine more later in the year.
• After identifying the site, the EPA must find a responsible party to be in charge of funding or organizing of the cleanup, resulting sometimes in years before cleanup efforts are made.
• The sites added to the list spread a variety of locations across the Midwest and east and span a variety of facilities.

From the article:

"Sites that pose serious risks to human health and the environment and warrant superfund attention continue to be identified by EPA and our state partners," said Mathy Stanislaus, assistant administrator for EPA's Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response, in a statement. "EPA continues to act on its statutory obligation to update the NPL annually and clean up hazardous sites to protect human health with the goal of returning them to communities for productive use."

Since 1983, the EPA has listed 1,685 sites on the NPL, with 68% having cleanup remedies in place and 36% having all necessary long-term protections in place for redevelopment and reuse, the report said. ...