Pruitt Prioritizes Sluggish EPA Superfund Program

摘要

EPA pick Scott Pruitt would take on a Superfund program struggling to clean up toxic sites efficiently without enough state or federal funding, if he's confirmed. The former head of the Environmental Protection Agency office overseeing Superfund, Mathy Stanislaus, said Superfund appropriations have declined over the past four or five budget cycles, creating a backlog of sites awaiting funding.