Superfund work touted by Trump EPA was completed years ago
The agency earlier this week credited the leadership of
"We have made it a priority to get these sites cleaned up faster and in the right way," said Pruitt.
He said that, with the agency's moves to create a task force and make those responsible for contamination pay for cleanup, "the Superfund program is carrying out the agency's mission of protecting human health and the environment more every day."
Cleanups of Superfund sites usually take decades, spanning presidential administrations. An analysis of
All told,
Still, the
"In 2016,
Records show that construction work at all seven sites hyped by Pruitt's
Further, entries in the
Notice of
There are currently more than 1,300 Superfund sites on
Sites removed from the list are sometimes clean enough to be used for new housing or commercial development, though many still have levels of contamination that require deed restrictions on how the land can be used in the future.
Pruitt, a former
A former
Records show the Bush administration's higher count of delistings was largely the result of work
President
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