Environmentalists are urging EPA to elevate citizen relocation as a primary remedial option for Superfund cleanups, arguing that relocating residents who live on contaminated land is becoming more necessary and could help the agency achieve its goals of making environmental justice a priority and improving community engagement.rnBut increasing the agency's consideration of relocation as a remediation option is rife with controversy, including fears among some observers that it could create a so-called institutional precedent - the more relocations EPA undertakes, the more communities will request it. This could be problematic because of the high upfront costs associated with relocations, and EPA may struggle to find adequate funds for a slew of future relocations.
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