Park Land Along Creek May Be Superfund Site

Land along Hogans Creek in Jacksonville, Florida is polluted with coal tar. The city hopes EPA will declare it a Superfund site.

Land along Hogans Creek in Confederate Park, Jacksonville, Fla. and other land along the creek is polluted by coal tar. The pollution began in the 19th century when an area east of Main Street was a site for converting coal into natural gas.

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For such a big job, EPA funding is sorely needed and a state agency is writing a brief to that purpose. EPA proposes new sites for the Superfund program twice a year, in the spring (March) and fall, but it?EUR??,,????'?????<