EPA ADDING FEW SITES TO SUPERFUND LIST AMID DEMOCRATS' WARNINGS

EPA is adding a relatively small number of new sites to its Superfund National Priorities List (NPL), amid warnings from Democrats that such a move underscores their criticism about how the Bush administration has mismanaged the hazardous waste cleanup program. EPA Sept. 3 announced it will add six new hazardous waste sites to the NPL and is proposing to add another 11 sites to the list. The same time last year, the agency announced it would add seven new sites...