Davis, Calif.-The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is getting an extra $5 million from the Obama administration’s federal stimulus funds to fast-track the cleanup of pesticide- and fertilizer-contaminated soils and groundwater at the old Frontier Fertilizer plant here. EPA told Green Markets that the latest technology will be deployed, which will shorten the cleanup effort at the Superfund site from nine to 12 months as compared with traditional pump and treat approaches, which generally take years. The EPA officials stressed that the extra $5 million will accelerate the cleanup at the site, while also adding jobs in the Davis area. Barber and Rowland Co. ran a pesticide and fertilizer factory at the eight-acre site between 1972-1982, which was followed by the Frontier Fertilizer Co. until 1987.
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