The Environmental Protection Agency is adding five new hazardous waste sites to a federal list of sites that could pose risks to public health and is considering adding eight more.
The EPA added sites in Illinois, Iowa, Nebraska, New Jersey and New Mexico to the federal Superfund program’s National Priorities List, the agency announced Wednesday. Additional sites in California, Colorado, Indiana, New York, Ohio, Puerto Rico, Texas and West Virginia are under consideration.
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