[CPEO-BIF] Bush slashes cleanup funds

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Bush slashes cleanup funds
The ongoing work at the Massachusetts Military Reservation will not be 
affected by the Superfund cuts.

By KATHARINE Q. SEELYE
THE New York Times
WASHINGTON - The Bush administration has designated 33 toxic waste sites 
in 18 states for cuts in funding under the Superfund cleanup program, 
according to a new report to Congress by the inspector general of the 
Environmental Protection Agency.

The cuts, imposed because the cleanup fund is hundreds of millions of 
dollars short of the amount needed to keep the program on schedule, mean 
that work is likely to grind to a halt on some of the most seriously 
polluted sites in the country, confronting the surrounding communities 
with new uncertainty over when the work will resume, how quickly it will 
proceed and who will pay for it.

Among the sites that for now would receive less money - and in some 
cases, no money - are a manufacturing plant in Edison, N.J., where the 
herbicide Agent Orange was produced, several chemical plants in Florida 
and two old mines in Montana. The report to Congress is the first public 
listing by the environmental agency of where it intends to cut Superfund 
spending. It was provided to The New York Times by Democrats on the 
House Energy and Commerce Committee who oppose the cuts.

This article can be viewed in its entirety at:
http://www.capecodonline.com/cctimes/bushslashes1.htm

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