NEW YORK LAWMAKERS TARGET WTC DUST SAMPLING PLAN FOR GAO STUDY

New York congressional leaders are asking the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to launch an investigation of EPA's decision to adopt a controversial dust sampling and cleanup plan which will determine how the agency conducts cleanups in the area around the World Trade Center (WTC) contaminated after the 9/11 attacks. Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D) and Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D) argue the sampling plan is not based on science and will not result in effective cleanup. Clinton and Nadler wrote a...