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EPA announces cleanup of Passaic River

The Environmental Protection Agency has secured a $165 million agreement with Occidental Chemical to start the cleanup of one of the nation's most seriously contaminated bodies of water. The deal announced

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Oct 5, 2016, 3:31 PM

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