Administration accused of slowing Superfund. (Washington).(Brief Article)

Chemical Market Reporter, April, 2002

SENATE DEMOCRATS charged last week that the Bush administration has dramatically slowed the pace of cleanup at Superfund sites and is refusing to hold polluters responsible and make them pay for cleanup. "Unfortunately, the most important parts of the Superfund program, the pace of cleanup and the principle that the polluter must pay, are now under attack by the administration," said Sen.

Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) at a hearing by a panel of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee. "If the polluters are not made to pay, the burden of cleanup will fall on the shoulders of American taxpayers, and that is unacceptable;' she said. Sen. Boxer notes that in February 2000, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) said that 75 Superfund sites...

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