cleanup
Example Sentences
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During the Los Angeles fires, lithium-ion batteries, including from electric vehicles, were left behind — requiring a major cleanup operation by the Environmental Protection Agency.
From Los Angeles Times
After the Cuyahoga River was badly damaged by runaway industrialization, its multidecade cleanup effort required new technologies to monitor and remediate its water quality.
Superfund sites are locations polluted by hazardous waste that the Environmental Protection Agency has flagged for cleanup due to threats to human health or the environment.
From Science Daily
We reviewed thousands of pages of Army Corps of Engineering quality assurance reports for the January fire soil cleanup.
From Los Angeles Times
Army Corps of Engineers allocated $60 million to hire personnel to monitor daily cleanup operations and document any health and safety risks.
From Los Angeles Times
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