Tuesday, Vince Ryan formally made the request for the agency to force the companies responsible for pulling the San Jacinto River to remove the worst-contaminated soil.
If you’ve ever driven across the San Jacinto River on I-10, you’ve passed through one of the most polluted parts of the country. That’s where International Paper, along with Waste Management, dumped tons of dioxin – a byproduct of paper production.
“The pits themselves are only twelve acres. But the area around it is several hundred acres that’s got contamination, and the dioxin itself has spread to all of Galveston Bay,” said special assistant Harris County Attorney Terrence O’Rourke.
Right now, those twelve acres are covered by rocks and plastic tarps. The Harris County Attorney’s office is asking the EPA to order Waste Management and International Paper to dig out and remove the dioxin pits.
READ MORE: http://stateimpact.npr.org/texas/2014/05/07/harris-county-urges-epa-to-order-cleanup-of-dioxin-pits/
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