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...Despite his claims, neither the EPA nor the local air quality district nor the Orange County Fire Authority-the three agencies Clark names in his letter-had any standing beef with the company. While the EPA warned Clark in April 2004 that the factory was not in compliance with some Clean Air Act safety standards, "he did everything he had to do (to comply)," said Mark Merchant, spokesman, of the EPA. The other agencies are equally surprised. The more likely reason for Clark's decision are the few lawsuits from former employees related to TDI ailments, including one suit filed...
...Before Harvard’s purchase of the Arsenal property, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the town collaborated on an extensive cleanup effort as part of the process of closing the military complex...
...Though the Arsenal was once as large as 130 acres, the Pentagon had reduced the site significantly. In 1968, it sold 55 acres to Watertown, which the town redeveloped into the Arsenal Mall and neighboring park. Due to the complexity of the cleanup effort, the EPA split what remained of the site in 1988 into three parts, one of which was the Arsenal buildings that Harvard now owns...
...According to the EPA, the soil on the Arsenal’s premises and the nearby park were laden with “pesticides, PCBs, heavy metals, volatile organic compounds, and ‘poly-aromatic hydrocarbons’” like benzene and other carcinogens...
...Since the NRC has exclusive jurisdiction over nuclear issues, the EPA and the NRC were each responsible for different sections of the site...