ORD Elimination Would Have ‘Horrendous’ Superfund Impact, Official Says

EPA’s proposed elimination of the Office of Research and Development (ORD) would have a “horrendous impact” on the Superfund program and the agency’s Office of Land and Emergency Response (OLEM) more broadly by undercutting the toxicity studies that guide cleanups and the technological research that allows for their implementation, a former top Superfund official says. “The Superfund program is all about mitigating or eliminating unacceptable risk, so you have to know where that line is,” the official told Inside EPA...