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This is a list of Superfund sites in Kentucky designated under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) environmental law. The CERCLA federal law of 1980 authorized the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to create a list of polluted locations requiring a long-term response to clean up hazardous material contaminations. [1]
The Glen Lily Landfill is an inactive municipal solid waste landfill located in unincorporated Warren County, Kentucky northwest of the city of Bowling Green. The landfill accepted residential and industrial waste from 1975 to 1979; [ 1 ] after being idled, carcinogenic pollutants were found to be leaching into nearby groundwater . [ 2 ]
The entrance to the Maxey Flats Low-Level Radioactive Waste site in Maxey Flat, Kentucky, USA. Taken in 2003 before the sign was removed by Homeland Security. The Maxey Flats disposal site is located on a plateau in northeastern Kentucky, approximately 9 miles (14 km) northwest of Morehead. It is part of Fleming County.
The Valley of the Drums is a 23-acre (9.3-hectare) toxic waste site in Brooks, Kentucky [2] in northern Bullitt County, near Louisville. It became a collection point for toxic wastes starting sometime in the 1960s. It caught the attention of state officials when some of the drums caught fire and burned for more than a week in 1966.
Here’s a look at some of the worst coal disasters in Kentucky history. 1917: No. 7 mine explosion in Webster County kills 62 men ... then-Kentucky Gov. Ernie Fletcher attributed the explosion to ...
The horrifying history of Eastern Kentucky floods began with search for cheap energy. The Mountain Eagle Editorial Staff. August 5, 2022 at 6:33 AM. What a cruel way to die. Picture it. A 65-year ...
Agriculture Street Landfill: United States Ajka alumina plant accident: caustic waste spill 2010 Hungary Atari video game burial: 1983 United States Bajzë Rail Station: chemical contamination 1991 Albania Buffalo Creek Flood: coal slurry impound spill 1972 United States Corby toxic waste case: United Kingdom 2006 Côte d'Ivoire toxic waste ...
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