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This is a list of Superfund sites in Maryland 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 most recent county formation in Maryland occurred in 1872 when Garrett County was split from Allegany County. [2] However, there have been numerous changes to county borders since that time, most recently when portions of the city of Takoma Park that had previously been part of Prince George's County were absorbed into Montgomery County in 1997.
Industrial residents of Hawkins Point include the Quarantine Road Sanitary Landfill, owned by Baltimore City, [4] a 67-acre hazardous waste landfill at 5501 Quarantine Road, owned by the Maryland Port Administration (MPA) [5] and now a Superfund site and a foundry at 4000 Hawkins Point Road owned by Eastalco Aluminum Company. [6]
This is a list of landfills in the United States.A landfill is a site for the disposal of waste materials by burial and is the oldest form of waste treatment.Historically, landfills have been the most common method of organized waste disposal and remain so in many places around the world.
Hickory is an unincorporated community in Harford County, Maryland, United States. Hickory is located at the junction of Maryland Route 543 and U.S. Route 1 Business 3 miles (4.8 km) north of Bel Air .
This article lists the census-designated places (CDPs) in the state of Maryland, their population, and the county(ies) they reside in. The only county which doesn't contain a CDP is Cecil County . Census-designated places
The plant next to the Hickory Meadows landfill, W3105 Schneider Road, in Hilbert, Wisconsin. ... from the decomposition of organic waste in the landfill, and converts them to renewable natural gas ...
Cecil County purchased a 37-acre sand and gravel quarry to serve as a county landfill in 1965. The Woodlawn County Landfill operated until 1981 and was added to the National Priorities List by the United States Environmental Protection Agency in July 1987 after it was discovered that industrial waste was contaminating the local groundwater. [4]