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The Oklahoma Plan for Tar Creek claimed around 75 million tons of chat piles exist, while the exact amount of tailings is unknown. [8] It was not uncommon for children in the area to play around the chat piles, such as riding bikes up and down the large dune-like piles, or swimming in waters contaminated by chat dust or groundwater effects.
This image, taken in 2010, shows a chat pile near Picher, Oklahoma. These piles contain lead-contaminated dust and are part of the reasons the area is designated as the Tar Creek Superfund site. Another image, taken in 2006, of chat in the Tar Creek Superfund site.
Picher-Cardin High School stadium, 2008. The city was served by the Picher-Cardin Public Schools, which closed in 2009. [25] At that time the municipality was placed in the Quapaw Public Schools. [26] In April 2009, residents voted 55–6 to dissolve the Picher-Cardin school district; it graduated its final class of 11 in May. [27]
In an Oct. 15, 2002, photo, years of erosion create a moon-like landscape on chat piles just west Picher. The Environmental Protection Agency pledged more than $16 million annually for continued ...
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A report examining the spending practices of the Oklahoma State Department of Education criticized the agency for communication issues.
This is a list of Superfund sites in Oklahoma 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]
Oklahoma schools already are required by law to have a daily moment of silence, during which students are allowed to participate in voluntary prayer. Even so, the state board is proposing a rule ...