Regan Urged To Reverse Approval Of Controversial Oak Ridge Cleanup ROD

A coalition of over 40 environmental groups is urging EPA Administrator Michael Regan to reverse his controversial decision upholding a precedent-setting Trump-era determination easing Clean Water Act (CWA) requirements for a Superfund cleanup at the Energy Department’s (DOE) Oak Ridge site, echoing long-running calls from former officials. The coalition sent Regan a March 26 letter calling for a reversal of the record of decision (ROD) that codified former Administrator Andrew Wheeler’s decision governing the cleanup at the Oak Ridge Reservation...