Then one day state health officials showed up and declared the house a hazardous site.

It is one of 332 hazardous waste sites in the state.

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The case involves environmental problems at 85 hazardous waste sites around the nation.

Such a procedure has taken more than 12 years at other hazardous waste sites, he said.

The department listed 1,045 hazardous waste sites throughout the state, up from 1,013 in 1986.

Almost nothing is known about the effects on human health of most chemicals found in hazardous waste sites, the study said.

The decision could mean that more money will be made available for cleaning up hazardous waste sites.

The operation made financial and environmental sense by eliminating the need to use a hazardous waste site.

The state has cleaned up 97 hazardous waste sites, the department said.