EPA AND CORPS AGREE TO DISCUSS SEDIMENT CONTAMINATION REPORTS

Following months of bitter dispute, EPA and Army Corps of Engineers officials have agreed to meet next week in hopes of reconciling their differences over two draft reports on contaminated sediments, although many administration officials predict that the two sides will be unable to iron out their differences. Corps officials are calling on EPA to withdraw one report, claiming it is not called for by Congress, and to dramatically overhaul the second, charging that the agency has employed a flawed...