Statement of Environmental Defense Fund Senior Director of Strategic Planning Elgie Holstein on EPA Superfund Announcement

EDF Senior Director of Strategic Planning Elgie Holstein Released the Following Statement in Response to EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt's announcement of Superfund sites targeted for cleanup.

"Secretary Pruitt’s announcement is little more than holiday wrapping paper around words.

"It doesn’t propose a dollar more to help large and complicated cleanups move forward—and it doesn’t change the fact that Pruitt and the Trump Administration are working to slash the program’s budget by 30% and enforcement efforts by 37%, and are also working to eliminate the jobs of public health experts and engineers who help solve these highly complex problems.

"There are real and desperately needed ways to improve Superfund. This doesn’t come near passing the test.”

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