ATLANTA — A westside Atlanta neighborhood contaminated with lead has been added to the EPA’s Superfund priority list, freeing up more federal funding for long-term cleanup.
The English Avenue area is one of 12 sites across the nation that the Environmental Protection Agency added to its Superfund National Priorities List, the agency announced last week.
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