The levels of lead on a backyard slide were more than twice the EPA’s soil standard
An Ohio hazardous waste incinerator company will pay the EPA $34,000 for 761 pounds of ash that spewed arsenic and lead into the area in 2013 following a malfunction.
The levels of lead on a backyard slide were more than twice the EPA’s soil standard.
is required to make changes to prevent future problems at the facility.
The settlement comes as the U.S. EPA is conducting its own investigation into the incinerator.
The incinerator burns about 60,000 tons of waste too toxic for landfills. Heritage drew wide attention in the 1990s when residents and environmental groups protested its construction.
