The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced that it is removing one site and partially removing three sites from the Superfund National Priorities List (NPL) because their cleanup efforts under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) have been completed. Despite these deletions, further actions may still be taken at these sites if necessary in the future. For one site, called the Del Amo site, the EPA addressed public concerns about contamination by clarifying that the partial deletion only affects areas where cleanup goals have been met and does not include groundwater. The EPA plans to keep certain controls in place to protect against potential risks in these areas.
Simple Explanation
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is cleaning up areas that were once very messy and might have been harmful. They decided that some places are now tidy enough to be taken off a special list, but they'll keep an eye on things just in case they need to fix more later.