READING, Pa. - Officials from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) got a look at the clean-up efforts at a contaminated farm in eastern Berks County Friday.
The agency and Congresswoman Madeleine Dean (D - Berks) surveyed the Crossley Farm Superfund site in Hereford Township.
The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law includes nearly eleven million dollars to clean what's known as the "source area" at the site.
Officials say the Bally Case and Cooler Company disposed of liquid waste there in the 1960s and '70s, which contaminated the soil and groundwater with chemicals, including one known as TCE.
" We really need to focus on, with urgency, because after all these are called superfund sites because the contaminants are connected to ill health effects," said Rep. Dean. "Very often in this case, cancers, so there is in me an absolute urgency."
The EPA began cleaning the site in April of last year and officials say they could wrap up this summer.
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