NEW YORK DISPUTE HIGHLIGHTS CLASHES OVER EPA SUPERFUND LISTING

摘要

An ongoing battle between the New York City mayor's office and the state environment department over whether to place a contaminated site on EPA's Superfund National Priorities List (NPL) highlights a broader clash between those who favor listing to achieve a strict cleanup and others who want old sites redeveloped using brownfields funds that would avoid the stigma of being listed on the agency's NPL.rnEnvironmentalists are also seizing on the New York City dispute to reiterate their claims that the Superfund listing process is flawed and should be more transparent. They argue that listing decisions are based more on political issues such as funding than whether objective science warrants a listing.