EPA’s Cleanup Costs Appear To Grow As Superfund Tax Receipts Fall Short

EPA is adding costly cleanup sites to its Superfund National Priorities List (NPL) even as it faces a shortfall in projected revenue available for use in fiscal year 2024 from the Internal Revenue Service’s (IRS) renewed Superfund tax, raising concerns that such revenue shortfalls could contribute to a future backlog at sites awaiting funding. Last month, EPA made its first series of additions to the Superfund NPL, including at least one large, area-wide site as well as several others that...