EPA updates County Commissioners

Since the first remedial action in 1987, the Environmental Protection Agency of the U.S. Government has had a presence in Cherokee County, working to reduce contamination left over from the decades of Lead and Zinc mining in the area.

On Monday, Thomas Kaley with the EPA gave an update on recent projects being completed.

According to Kaley, Since June 26 of this year the EPA has remediated 17 reside…