[CPEO-BIF] Newtown Creek, New York

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

Lawmakers Ask E.P.A. to Help with Creek Cleanup

By RAY RIVERA
New York Times
July 13, 2008


Newtown Creek, the polluted estuary that separates Queens and Brooklyn, 
should be named a federal Superfund site, a move that could hasten 
long-stuttering cleanup efforts, a pair of New York lawmakers say.

Representatives Anthony D. Weiner and Nydia M. Velázquez, whose 
Congressional districts include the contaminated area, are urging the 
Environmental Protection Agency to test the area for inclusion in the 
Superfund program. If the tests turn up a significant level of chemicals 
and other hazardous waste, the site could be eligible for millions of 
dollars in federal assistance. A Superfund designation would also allow 
the agency to go after the companies responsible for the contamination.

"I think anyone involved would agree the pace of the cleanup is going 
slow, to be generous," said Mr. Weiner, a member of the House 
Subcommittee on Environment and Hazardous Materials. "It's time to 
really bring in the bigger guns."

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For the entire article, see
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/13/nyregion/13newtown.html?_r=1&ref=nyregion&oref=slogin

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
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