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Bad Credit Credit Creditres A measure to shift the burden of Superfund toxic waste cleanups back to polluters was defeated in the Senate tonight, but the measure gained bipartisan support and increases pressure on the Bush administration to put the health and safety of communities before corporate polluters. The amendment to the Budget Bill to reinstate the "polluter pays" fees, cosponsored by Senators Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ), Jon Corzine (D-NJ), Barbara Boxer (D-CA), and James Jeffords (I-VT), lost 43-53.

"Superfund Undermined" (editorial, some editions, Oct. 28) is correct that "polluter pays" is the operating principle of the program. Since 1996, when the trust fund tax expired, polluters have paid an average of $838 million per year to clean sites. That's almost four times what we spent on "orphan" sites, those where ownership has changed hands many times or a company has gone bankrupt.

Bad Consolidation Credit Debt The landmark program ran out of polluter-contributed funds last year, and the amendment would have relieved taxpayers of the significant financial burden of cleaning up abandoned toxic waste sites.

Torricelli claims Forrester is against Superfund. He should be. Superfund is the most counterproductive environmental law ever written. Clean up the Superfund sites now with general tax dollars and find and fine the real polluters later.

Bad Company Credit Repair "The Bush administration has abandoned the landmark principle that corporate polluters should be held responsible for the toxic messes they leave behind. We are deeply disappointed that the Senate today failed to change this irresponsible course," said Carl Pope, Sierra Club Executive Director. "If the administration embraced this idea, we could more easily afford to protect Americans' health and safety."

Is it any wonder that Congress and the Bush administration have balked at renewing this "some polluters must pay twice" policy The important thing is that Congress continues to fund Superfund administration and "orphan sites" with general revenue of about $1.4 billion per year. As a former Superfund director, - - is the right way to go.

Bad Card Credit Credit Earlier this week, the Environmental Protection Agency proposed to add 11 sites to the Superfund National Priority List (NPL), but this announcement loses its luster in light of the Senate vote and the Bush administration's failures to support the Superfund program.

The PCBs buried in river sediment are considered by EPA to be a probable carcinogen and a risk to people who eat fish from the Hudson. Congress enacted the Superfund law after the Love Canal toxic waste scandal in the 1970s as a way to require polluters to pay for cleanups even if a site was sold or is no longer operating. In its lawsuit, - the Hudson River and former factories in Hoboken, N.J. and Milford, N.H. - where it is involved in Superfund cleanups.

Bad Car Credit Loan "The Bush administration should demand that corporate polluters contribute to the Superfund because it is a sound fiscal measure, would enhance revenues and help cut the skyrocketing deficit," said Pope. "The Senate failed today to relieve taxpayers of an unnecessary burden. The Bush administration should move forward to put the health and safety of families and communities ahead of corporate polluters."

People living in communities near toxic waste sites have a right to know which sites will receive financing and if the financing they receive will adequately address the problem. Congress and the Bush administration should reinstate Superfund' pays fees to protect public health and make polluters pay for cleanups. Julie Wolk Washington, DC The writer is an environmental health advocate, U.S. Public Interest Research Group.

Bad Credit Loan Mortgage Already, 1 in 4 Americans, including 10 million children, lives within 4 miles of a toxic waste site that is considered a Superfund cleanup priority. Once a site is listed on the NPL, it takes on average 11 years before the cleanup is complete. Without the polluter-funded trust fund, sites are forced to compete with other Superfund site and the entire program competes with other federal environmental priorities. The rate of completed cleanups has fallen by 50 percent during the Bush administration compared to 1997-2000, and site listings have slowed down as well.

Auto Bad Credit Loan For information on how the Bush administration EPA is misleading the public about the Superfund toxic waste cleanup program, please read the new U.S. PIRG and Sierra Club report at: http://www.sierraclub.org/toxics/factsheets/cleanups.pdf

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