San Jacinto Battleground restoration uses clean dredged silt
TPWD says about 100 acres of marshland at San Jacinto Battleground have been restored using dredged silt tested for contaminants. Officials insist the material was clean, drawn from Barbours Cut, nine miles downstream, and approved by EPA, TEQ, USACE, FWS, and TPWD. The effort aims to reduce contaminant load in local fish and shellfish while restoring historic landscape features.
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San Jacinto Waste Pits cited in Superfund status and payouts
The San Jacinto River Waste Pits, a Superfund site along the Harris County river, were placed on the National Priorities List. An armored cap was installed in 2011 to contain mercury PCBs and dioxins. In 2014 a Harris County lawsuit funded well testing through $10 million settlements to Texas and Harris County.
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Meetings planned on San Jacinto Waste Pits remedy progress
The San Jacinto River Coalition will host two community meetings in July to educate Highlands and Channelview residents about the EPA remedy plan for the San Jacinto River Waste Pits. Jackie Young of THEA will outline the site's history, with updates on July 14 at JD Walker Center and July 19 at Highlands Community Center.
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