[CPEO-BIF] "$280B to clean up hazardous sites"

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

$280B to clean up hazardous sites

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Cape Cod Times (MA)
December 4, 2004

WASHINGTON - At the current pace of cleanup work, it could take up to 35 
years and $280 billion to fix most of the nation's existing and 
yet-to-be-discovered hazardous waste sites, the government said yesterday.

A report by the Environmental Protection Agency described what taxpayers 
and private industry will be spending to fix sites contaminated with 
hazardous waste and petroleum products. It estimated 77,000 such sites, 
with up to 9,267 more discovered each year.

"The purpose of the report is to allow us to plan and develop better 
strategies to meet the nation's cleanup needs," Cynthia Bergman, a 
spokeswoman for EPA, said.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.capecodonline.com/cctimes/vvto4.htm

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Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
c/o PSC, 278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
http://www.cpeo.org



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