EPA Archives - One Earth - One Ocean e. V. https://oneearth-oneocean.com/tag/epa/ Sun, 22 Dec 2013 19:05:00 +0000 de-DE hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 https://oneearth-oneocean.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/cropped-oeoo-logo-unterzeile-blau-1-32x32.jpg EPA Archives - One Earth - One Ocean e. V. https://oneearth-oneocean.com/tag/epa/ 32 32 Plastic-covered Hawaiian Island Moves Toward Possible Superfund Designation https://oneearth-oneocean.com/2013/2013/plastic-covered-hawaiian-island-moves-toward-possible-superfund-designation/ https://oneearth-oneocean.com/2013/2013/plastic-covered-hawaiian-island-moves-toward-possible-superfund-designation/#respond Sun, 22 Dec 2013 19:05:00 +0000 http://www.oneearth-oneocean.com/kb/?p=113 http://www.biologicaldiversity.org/news/press_releases/2013/ocean-plastics-pollution-11-18-2013.html November 18, 2013 Contact: Emily Jeffers, (415) 632-5309 or ejeffers@biologicaldiversity.org Plastic-covered Hawaiian Island Moves Toward Possible Superfund Designation In Historic Step, EPA Will Assess Hazards of Plastic Pollution on Tern Island SAN FRANCISCO— In response to a petition submitted by the Center for Biological Diversity, the Environmental Protection Agency has agreed to take a historic first step toward classifying a tiny Hawaiian coral island, Tern Island, as a Superfund site because of hazards posed by plastic pollution. The Center’s petition requested that the agency conduct a preliminary assessment of the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands and a portion of the enormous Pacific Garbage Patch within U.S. waters. The EPA’s Superfund program is designed to identify and clean up the country’s most polluted areas. This is the first time the agency has considered using Superfund to address an area contaminated by plastic; it will be conducting studies on Tern Island, a remote airstrip and one of the largest tropical seabird rookeries in the world. In particular, the agency will focus on the toxicity threats posed by plastic debris to wildlife that inhabits the area.

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]]> http://www.biologicaldiversity.org/news/press_releases/2013/ocean-plastics-pollution-11-18-2013.html November 18, 2013 Contact: Emily Jeffers, (415) 632-5309 or ejeffers@biologicaldiversity.org Plastic-covered Hawaiian Island Moves Toward Possible Superfund Designation In Historic Step, EPA Will Assess Hazards of Plastic Pollution on Tern Island SAN FRANCISCO— In response to a petition submitted by the Center for Biological Diversity, the Environmental Protection Agency has agreed to take a historic first step toward classifying a tiny Hawaiian coral island, Tern Island, as a Superfund site because of hazards posed by plastic pollution. The Center’s petition requested that the agency conduct a preliminary assessment of the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands and a portion of the enormous Pacific Garbage Patch within U.S. waters. The EPA’s Superfund program is designed to identify and clean up the country’s most polluted areas. This is the first time the agency has considered using Superfund to address an area contaminated by plastic; it will be conducting studies on Tern Island, a remote airstrip and one of the largest tropical seabird rookeries in the world. In particular, the agency will focus on the toxicity threats posed by plastic debris to wildlife that inhabits the area.

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