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February 20, 2020

Superfund cleanups fall to more than 30-year low

By ELLEN KNICKMEYER
Associated Press

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration completed the fewest cleanups of toxic Superfund sites last year than any administration since the program's first years in the 1980s, figures released by the Environmental Protection Agency indicated Wednesday.

The federal government wrapped up cleanups at six Superfund sites around the country in the 2019 budget year, the fewest since three in 1986, EPA online records showed.


 
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