The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today
proposed adding the Corozal Well site in Barrio Palos Blancos, Corozal,
Puerto Rico to its Superfund National Priorities List of the country’s
most hazardous waste sites. Sampling at the site, which is in a rural
area near the municipalities of Corozal and Naranjito, found that the
chemical tetrachloroethylene (or PCE) is contaminating a well used to
supply drinking water to local residents and the ground water. Exposure
to tetrachloroethylene can have serious health impacts, including liver
damage and increased risk of cancer. After discovering the contamination
in 2010, the Puerto Rico Department of Health ordered the well closed.
In March 2011, EPA installed a treatment system at the well to remove
the contaminants and provide the community with safe drinking water.
“Ensuring safe drinking water for communities is a
top priority for EPA,” said Judith Enck, EPA Regional Administrator.
“The Corozal well serves a small, rural population that is not connected
to the Puerto Rico Aqueduct and Sewer Authority public water supply
system. By placing this site on the Superfund list, EPA can do the
extensive sampling needed to find the best ways to address the
contamination and protect people’s health.”
Ground water samples collected in 2010 and 2011
confirmed the presence of tetrachloroethylene, a solvent commonly used
in industrial processes, in the Corozal well. The well is known locally
as the Santana well. EPA conducted an investigation and collected ground
water samples, but has not yet identified the source of ground water
contamination.
EPA received a letter from the Puerto Rico government
supporting the inclusion of the site on the Superfund list. The agency
periodically proposes sites to the Superfund list and, after responding
to public comments, designates them as final Superfund sites. The
Superfund final designation makes them eligible for funds to conduct
long-term cleanups.
With all Superfund sites, EPA does an extensive
search to identify and locate the parties potentially responsible for
the contamination, requires them to pay to for or perform the cleanup
work. The majority of Superfund cleanups are performed by or paid for by
polluters. Taxpayer dollars are used to cover EPA oversight costs and
when no responsible party can be identified.
EPA is adding 15 other sites across the country to
the Superfund list today and proposing 11 others to be added to the
list. For more information on Superfund, go to http://www.epa.gov/superfund/.
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