Corinna mill cleanup gets more EPA funding

CORINNA – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has agreed to pay an additional $12 million to $14 million to help clean up contamination at the site of the former Eastland Woolen Mill.

The EPA has already provided $17 million for the mill’s cleanup.

The money will be used to pay for continued excavations in and around the former mill.

The EPA added Corinna to the Superfund National Priorities List in 1999, committing $10 million to tear down the mill and clean up extensive contamination around it.

The added cost is not unusual, EPA officials said. A typical Superfund cleanup costs about $33 million.