Critics Say Superfund Backlog Reflects EPA Cleanup, Funding Contradiction

EPA’s growing backlog in funding new construction work at Superfund sites shows the agency has been disingenuous about touting Superfund as a priority while failing to ask Congress for sufficient funds for the program and also signals an insufficient focus on orphan sites, which lack a viable responsible party, agency critics say. Some critics say the increase in unfunded cleanups underscores the need to restore the long-lapsed Superfund taxes though House Democrats have yet to follow through on pledges to...