SEDIMENT CRITERIA MAY EXPAND SUPERFUND LIABILITY FOR DISCHARGERS

Industry officials are raising serious concerns that if EPA broadens the scope of final sediment quality criteria (SQC), the agency will significantly expand their cleanup liability under the Superfund statute. While the Office of Water (OW) intends to finalize a first round of SQC in early 1997, according to high ranking OW officials, environmental groups are pushing the agency to expand the list of SQC pollutants in light of the agency's slow progress to date. SQC determines safe levels of...