In the category of superfund sites in Minnesota, there is good news and there is bad news. Superfund sites are those designated areas that are so heavily polluted that it requires massive amounts of funds from the federal government to handle the cleanup. The good news is that an impound lot west of downtown Minneapolis has just been removed from the superfund site list. This dump was added to the list back in 1986. Once it made the list, the efforts to clean it up kicked into gear. Now, the area no longer poses a threat to the environment. The bad news is that nine new superfund sites were added to the list. Fortunately, not all of these sites are in Minneapolis but it will still mean a massive amount of cleanup effort in the coming years.

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