Announcements and Key Topics

This site is one of many across the country to receive funding from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, which invested $3.5 billion in environmental remediation at Superfund sites on the National Priorities List. The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funding will be used for excavation, consolidation, and capping of former mining waste.

Watershed Work

EPA Regions 6 and 7 are working with 3 states (Oklahoma, ...
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Background

The following summary on the mine history in Ottawa County is adapted from the Hydrogeologic Characterization Study Report – Tar Creek Superfund Site Operable Unit 4 (CH2M, 2010).

Mining History in ...
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