"Agreement Reached On Anaconda Superfund Cleanup"
"The parties to Anaconda's Superfund cleanup have reached an agreement in principle, the Environmental Protection Agency announced Sunday."
Source: Montana Standard, 07/31/2018
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"From Dow’s ‘Dioxin Lawyer’ to Trump’s Choice to Run Superfund"
"The lawyer nominated to run the Superfund toxic cleanup program is steeped in the complexities of restoring polluted rivers and chemical dumps. He spent more than a decade on one of the nation’s most extensive cleanups, one involving Dow Chemical’s sprawling headquarters in Midland, Mich."
Source: NY Times, 07/30/2018
AL Coal Exec, Lawyer Guilty of Bribing Politician Over Pollution Cleanup
"A coal company executive and a lawyer have been convicted in federal court of bribing an Alabama lawmaker to oppose Environmental Protection Agency plans that could have made the company help pay to clean up a polluted Superfund site."
Source: NY Times, 07/25/2018
"EPA Signs Off On Rule Exempting Farmers From Reporting Emissions"
"The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced Tuesday that it is implementing recently passed legislation that exempts farmers from having to report emissions derived from animal waste and other pollutants."
Source: The Hill, 07/25/2018
"$100 Million Settlement Paves Way For Superfund Cleanup"
"PROVIDENCE, R.I. — A $100-million settlement reached with two subsidiaries of Stanley Black & Decker Inc. — Emhart Industries Inc. and Black & Decker Inc. — will speed the cleanup of dioxin-contaminated sediment and soil at the Centredale Manor Restoration Project Superfund Site in North Providence and Johnston, authorities said Monday."
Source: Providence Journal, 07/10/2018
"Jeff Sessions Named as Potential Witness in Alabama Corruption Trial"
"Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Tuesday was named as a potential witness in the federal corruption trial of an Alabama coal executive and two politically connected attorneys in that state, according to several Alabama news reports."
Source: Mother Jones, 06/28/2018
"EPA Announces Plan To Clean Up Colorado Mines"
"The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Thursday laid out the next steps it will take to clean up wastewater flowing from dozens of old mines in southwestern Colorado, including dredging contaminated sediment from streambeds and digging ditches to divert water away from tainted rocks and soil."
Source: AP, 06/20/2018
"Ex-Chemical Industry Lawyer To Lead Superfund Task Force"
"A lawyer tapped to lead a task force at the Environmental Protection Agency overseeing cleanups at the nation’s most polluted places worked until recently for a top chemical and plastics manufacturer with a troubled legacy of creating some of those toxic sites."
Source: AP, 06/04/2018
Former Chemical Industry Attorney Takes Over EPA’s Superfund Task Force
"The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has named a former chemical industry attorney to lead its Superfund Task Force in charge of improving and expediting cleanup of some of the country’s most polluted sites."
Source: Think Progress, 05/30/2018
Pruitt Fast-Tracked California Cleanup After Hugh Hewitt Brokered Meeting
"EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt placed a polluted California area on his personal priority list of Superfund sites targeted for 'immediate and intense' action after conservative radio and television host Hugh Hewitt brokered a meeting between him and lawyers for the water district that was seeking federal help to clean up the polluted Orange County site."
Source: Politico, 05/08/2018
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