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Environmental cleanup OK'd for former RI shipyard
http://hosted2.ap.org/NCFAY/9672d9fdd81a405387d1c9ef08e47277/Article_2014-09-18-RI-Superfund-Site-Cleanup/id-ab39d1204f914e0a9d7a414e231cfe1bEnvironmental cleanup OK'd for former RI shipyard
The Newport Daily News
Sep. 18, 2014 7:23 AM ET
NEWPORT, R.I. (AP) — Federal environmental officials have approved cleanup remedies for a former Rhode Island shipyard.
The Newport Daily News reports (http://bit.ly/IX5CGL ) that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced Wednesday it approved plans to clean up the former Robert E. Derecktor Shipyard site on Naval Station Newport property in Middletown. Cost estimates are more than $21 million.
The contaminated areas targeted for cleanup include both offshore and onshore sites. While EPA will oversee the remedies, the field work will be conducted and paid for by the Navy and its contractors.
The Superfund site encompasses 1,063 acres.