Toxic Action Center of Vermont's Recent Toxics Report

The Toxic Action Center, a Vermont non profit organization, recently published a report delineating the sources of hazardous waste released in the state. The study showed that the majority of the waste was disposed of by “Mom and Pop” stores, private residences; and not by heavy industry. These results statistically correlate with the information that EFIS maintains. EFIS has virtually all Consent Decrees and Administrative Orders on Consent for every National Priority List (NPL) Superfund Site in the country since the conception of CERCLA in 1980. The only site in Vermont on the NPL list undergoing clean-up action is the Bennington Municipal Landfill. Most likely homeowners and small companies disposed of their waste like kerosene, waste oil, old paint, pesticides, etc. at the local dump when that practice was permitted by law.