[CPEO-BIF] Pruitt to defend Superfund and Brownfields

[Lenny Siegel]

Here’s one part of the EPA that the agency’s new leader wants to protect

By Brady Dennis 
Washington Post
March 2. 2017

In case there was any question whether President Trump’s administration has put a bull’s eye on the Environmental Protection Agency, the White House’s proposed budget cuts at the agency leave little doubt. Plans reviewed by The Washington Post this week outline a wish list for cutting the agency’s staff by one-fifth and eliminating dozens of programs entirely.

But Thursday morning, new EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt - himself a longtime agency critic who has made clear he intends to scale back the EPA’s reach - told a group of mayors from around the country that he intends to defend at least some pieces of the EPA.

“Superfund is an area that is absolutely essential,” Pruitt told a gathering of the U.S. Conference of Mayors at the Capital Hilton. “The brownfields program, as well.”

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For the entire article, see
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2017/03/02/heres-one-part-of-epa-that-the-agencys-new-leader-wants-to-protect/?utm_term=.3e8a40cbdc2f

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Lenny Siegel
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