Proposed Revamp Of Key EPA Mine Cleanup Faces Competing Criticisms

摘要

EPA is facing competing criticisms over its proposal to amend the cleanup plan for a site environmentalists believe provides a key test of the Obama administration's ability to revamp Bush-era cleanup decisions, with lawmakers, industry groups and state and local officials arguing the proposal is too costly and expansive, and environmentalists and tribal leaders fearing it overlooks significant sources of contamination. At issue is the Obama EPA's proposed amendment to a 2002 record of decision (ROD) for the Upper Basin of the Coeur d'Alene River, Bunker Hill and Metallurgical Complex Superfund Site, over which the agency has also received hundreds of comments from area residents.