Booker, Pallone Announce Legislation To Require Polluters to Pay for Cleanup

摘要

Two members of New Jersey's congressional delegation joined forces to target polluting businesses in legislation that would tax these corporations for the cleanup of Superfund sites, relieving taxpayers of the expense. Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) and Rep. Frank Pallone (D-N.J.) said Dec. 14 that both bills would reinstate the excise tax on polluting industries and expand the definition of crude oil in order to make oil from tar sands and shale subject to the excise tax. They also would make funds available to the Environmental Protection Agency on an ongoing basis, not subject to annual appropriations.