Superfund

Science Technology and Environment

EPA proposes new Superfund site in northeastern Oklahoma

Graycen Wheeler

The Environmental Protection Agency is proposing a a new Superfund site at Oklahoma’s Fansteel Metals, Inc.

This image, taken in 2010, shows a chat pile near Picher, Okla. These piles contain lead-contaminated dust and are part of the reasons the area is designated as the Tar Creek Superfund site.

Health

EPA: Blood Lead Levels In Kids Greatly Reduced At Tar Creek

Associated Press

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and its Oklahoma counterparts say that since 1997, the blood lead levels of children living in Ottawa County and…

Bristow residents packed the public library during a January 2014 town-hall meeting, where officials from the Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency explained the Superfund cleanup process and answered questi

Science Technology and Environment

EPA And Oklahoma Mark Cleanup Phase At Superfund Site

Associated Press

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and state officials will commemorate the end of major cleanup efforts of some 3,000 yards, parks, driveways and…

Tyler Lane pulls up a wooden marker covered with oily sludge in the land behind his Bristow home. Lane uses stakes and rope to keep his two children out of the oiliest, most dangerous parts of his property, which sits atop the abandoned Wilcox Refinery, O

Energy

Cleanup Of Hazardous Oklahoma Refinery Site Went Unfunded Until People Moved In

Joe Wertz

You can’t see it from street, or when you look out the window of Glen Jones’ parents’ house, but the Wilcox Refinery is still here. Parts of it, anyway.In…