How contaminated is it? That's one of the questions the New Mexico Environment Department plans to answer with an initial $2.8 million in funding to investigate the newest Albuquerque Superfund site.

NMED will get the federal funds by November to investigate how to clean up the site of two former dry cleaners, where the soil is contaminated by grease removers. With Environmental Protection Agency oversight, NMED will determine what processes can be used to clean up the Simms Avenue site.

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