The U-S Environmental Protection Agency is nominating a polluted site in northeast Nebraska to be put on its Superfund list, potentially putting it in line for federal clean-up dollars. The E-P-A’s Region Seven spokesman Chris Whitley says the Iowa-Nebraska Light & Power Company site is located in Norfolk, where the soil and groundwater have been contaminated for decades.

Whitley says the site is contaminated with several dangerous chemicals..

The Superfund program has a national priority list, what Whitley calls “the worst of the worst” polluted sites that are slated for clean-up. The State of Nebraska has expressed support for placing the site on the list. There will be a 60-day comment period during which the public can speak out about this.

The site is now owned by both the Nebraska Public Power District and the Black Hills/Nebraska Gas Utility Company.