Background

The 39-acre Newport Dump Superfund site is located in Wilder, Kentucky. The site includes a grass-covered landfill and a drainage culvert, which traverses the site from north to south. An industrial park borders the site to the north. An unnamed stream borders the site to the south. Steep outcrops border the site to the east. The Licking River borders the site to the west. The site’s broader surroundings include industrial land uses.

From the late 1940s until 1979, the City of Newport disposed of residential and commercial waste at the site. Landfill operations used trenching and area filling to dispose ...
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