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"Patriotism is supporting your country all the time and your government when it deserves it."--Mark Twain
I recently joined Senator Jim Jeffords (I-VT) in
writing to the
Environmental Protection Agency regarding our
concerns about
the slow rate of Superfund cleanups throughout the
country.
Our concern is that these cleanups do not have
sufficient
funding to go forward.
More than half of Superfund new construction
projects that
needed funding in fiscal year 2004 received none.
In total, 34
projects out of a total of 61 new construction
projects did not
receive funding. One project in California has
been on the
Superfund National Priorities List since 1999.
This lack of
funding for new construction projects continues a
disturbing
trend.
One in every four Americans – 70 million people,
including 10
million children – lives within 4 miles of a
Superfund site.
Not funding the cleanup of these sites poses
unacceptable risks
to human health and the environment. However,
getting them
cleaned up does not appear to be a priority for the
very agency
that is named the “Environmental Protection
Agency.”
Senator Jeffords and I pointed out that we find the
lack of
funding for these Superfund sites to be
unacceptable and asked
for EPA to provide information about each of the
unfunded
sites. We also asked that EPA support the full
funding of the
cleanup of all Superfund sites by supporting the
reinstatement
of polluter pays fees which could ensure that sites
are cleaned
up and that taxpayers are not stuck with the bill.
Superfund will remain a focus for me in the coming
Congress.
Too many sites remain a danger to local residents
and the costs
for cleanup continue to soar.
Sincerely,
Barbara Boxer
United States Senator
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