Toxic Acme site on Southeast Side picked for EPA Superfund cleanup

The long-abandoned Acme Steel coke plant on the Southeast Side poses “significant threats to human health and the environment” and should be cleaned up under the government’s Superfund program, President Joe Biden’s administration said.

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