Leaked Trump plan hints at action on mine cleanups

摘要

Line items in President Trump's long-awaited infrastructure plan appear to propose more money and policy changes for cleaning up toxic old mines. A leaked draft version published yesterday by Axios outlines a funding increase for Superfund sites, albeit after the White House's budget request proposed cutting the program (E&E News PM, Jan. 22). The last section, titled "Land Revitalization," hints the president and U.S. EPA may move on long-standing issues tied to more than 500,000 abandoned hardrock mines nationwide. The plan wants to "clarify risks to non-liable third parties that perform superfund cleanup."