NEWBURGH, N.Y. (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency is proposing to remove a site along the Hudson River in Newburgh from the Superfund list of most-contaminated hazardous waste sites.
The agency says cleanup of the Consolidated Iron and Metal site included demolishing buildings and removing more than 68,000 cubic yards of contaminated soil, 30,000 tires, 1,400 tons of scrap metal, and 380 tons of concrete.
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