EPA Hudson Site Review Could Underscore Pruitt's Strict Superfund Stance

Environmentalists and Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) are welcoming EPA's decision to evaluate state sediment sampling data in the upper Hudson River to examine the effectiveness of the Superfund remedy there, hoping that it will spur a stricter cleanup in line with EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt's push for some more-stringent cleanups. The agency has been under significant pressure from New York officials, state lawmakers, natural resource trustees, and environmental and citizen groups to require responsible party General Electric (GE) to recognize...