EPA Orders Cleanup of San Jacinto River Waste Pits After Years of Delays, Cancer Concerns

Executive order presses San Jacinto Waste Pit Clean Up

Environmental advocates, county, state and federal officials are taking steps to pressure the companies responsible for executing the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) approved San Jacinto Superfund Site cleanup.

EPA orders remediation to begin at San Jacinto River waste pits

The order comes about eight months after the agency approved a clean up plan for the site.

EPA issues final mandate for San Jacinto River Waste Pits cleanup

A decades-long battle for environmental justice reached a critical turning point as the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a final legal mandate forcing the cleanup of the San Jacinto River Waste Pits.

EPA orders cleanup of San Jacinto River Waste Pits after years of delays, cancer concerns

A state study found cancer rates near the San Jacinto River were statistically higher than expected. Now the EPA has stepped in with a formal cleanup order.

EPA orders cleanup of San Jacinto River waste pits after state found cancer cluster last year

In 2017, the EPA approved a plan to clean up the San Jacinto River waste pits in east Harris County. Nine years later, cleanup is still not underway.