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Enemy Mine
Westword reports on environmental problems in Jamestown, a mountain town in Colorado. The story reveals that old mines are polluting the water of the town, and that the local Elysian Park was built on top of an old mill. A main focus of the article is the difficult communication between the local government and the Environmental Protection Agency regarding a funding program for hazardous waste sites. Not only did the project face bureaucracy at federal level, but it also had to deal with the negative local public opinion. Townspeople did not want to be burdened with the label of the special hazardous-waste program known as Superfund, the newspaper reports.
Tags: mining; pollution; environment; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); National Priorities List; Roosevelt National Forest; Mine Safety and Health Administration; Burlington Mine; contamination; Comprehensive Environmental Response; Compensation and Liability Act
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The Superfund Saga
The National Journal reports that in 1980, Congress passed the Superfund law to clean up hazardous waste sites from coast to coast. However, it has spawned a tangled mess of legal complications and bureaucratic red tape. The question now is: should the Superfund be repaired, completely overhauled or scrapped?
Tags: toxic nuclear waste Arrowhead Oil Refinery EPA Environmental Protection Agency Comprehensive Environmental Response; Compensation and Liability Act PAC lobbyists Superfund Reform '95