"Water Utilities Fear EPA Loan Program Growing Too Big, Too Fast"
"A fledgling water infrastructure loan program at the EPA is experiencing an unusual problem in Washington: It may enjoy too much political support."
Source: BNA, 01/25/2018
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"EPA Official: Government Must Plan For Climate Change"
"WASHINGTON — A top manager who supervises the Environmental Protection Agency program responsible for cleaning up the nation’s most contaminated properties and waterways told Congress on Thursday that the government needs to plan for the ongoing threat posed to Superfund sites from climate change."
Source: AP, 01/22/2018
"Superfund: Pruitt's Cleanup Plans Puzzle Democrats, Republicans"
"A House subcommittee hearing [Thursday] revealed bipartisan confusion about the leadership, priorities and funding of U.S. EPA's program for cleaning up the nation's most polluted tracts."
Source: E&E Daily, 01/22/2018
"EPA Official Speaks On Risk Of Climate Change To Toxic Sites"
"A top manager who supervises the Environmental Protection Agency program responsible for cleaning up the nation’s most contaminated properties and waterways told Congress on Thursday that the government needs to plan for the ongoing threat posed to Superfund sites from climate change."
Source: AP, 01/19/2018
"EPA Official Declines To Testify At Superfund Hearing"
"Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt's point man for Superfund efforts has declined to testify at a House Energy and Commerce Committee hearing on the sites' cleanup efforts scheduled for Thursday."
Source: The Hill, 01/18/2018
"Superfund Work Touted By Trump EPA Was Completed Years Ago"
"The Environmental Protection Agency is touting cleanups at seven of the nation’s most polluted places as a signature accomplishment in the Trump administration’s effort to reduce the number of Superfund sites, even though records show the physical work was completed before President Donald Trump took office."
Source: AP, 01/08/2018
Slow Progress at Defunct Arkansas Chem Plant; Pollutants In Flood Zone
"Some officials in Phillips County say they aren’t concerned about incomplete cleanup of a chemical site in Helena-West Helena that is located in a flood-risk zone."
Source: NW Arkansas Democrat Gazette, 01/02/2018
Banned From Banking Industry for Life, Pruitt Pal Finds Home at EPA
"The Environmental Protection Agency has tasked a banker who was banned from the banking industry for life with oversight of the nation’s Superfund program."
Source: The Intercept, 12/29/2017
"AP Finds Climate Change Risk For 327 Toxic Superfund Sites"
"Anthony Stansbury propped his rusty bike against a live oak tree and cast his fishing line into the rushing waters of Florida’s Anclote River. When he bought a house down the street last year, Stansbury says he wasn’t told that his slice of paradise had a hidden problem."
Source: AP, 12/22/2017
EPA Orders 6 Companies To Continue $26 Million Indiana Lead Cleanup
"EAST CHICAGO — The U.S Environmental Protection Agency said Monday it issued two unilateral administrative orders to six companies to clean up soil and indoor dust at the USS Lead Superfund site."
Source: Northwest Indiana Times, 12/20/2017
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