Article: RECOVERY ACT FUNDING TO ACCELERATE CLEANUP OF RESIDENTIAL SOIL AT MADISON COUNTY (MO.) MINES SUPERFUND SITE

KANSAS CITY, Sept. 29 -- The Environmental Protection Agency Region 7 office issued the following news release:

EPA Region 7 has awarded a contract to an Ohio environmental firm to proceed with the cleanup of lead-contaminated soils at approximately 800 residential properties within the Madison County Mines Superfund Site in southeast Missouri. The contract is supported by more than $9.8 million in funding through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009.

Environmental Quality Management, Inc., of Cincinnati, has a two-year base period with one option year, and a maximum possible award of $13,915,694, under the contract. Total ARRA funding for the contract is $9,885,000.

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