Re: Superfund To Run Out Of Money

"Paul K" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]: 

> GAO Reports Superfund To Run Out Of Money:
> 
> The General Accounting Office (GAO) has issued a report that shows the
> EPA's fund for cleaning up hazardous waste sites, known as Superfund,
> will be depleted by the end of the 2003 fiscal year. CERCLA
> established the Superfund program in 1980, and traditionally used a
> combination of taxes on chemical and petroleum industries and
> congressional appropriations to fund the cleanup of sites identified
> by the EPA's National Priorities List (NPL). The GAO reports that as a
> result of an ever-growing NPL and a funding shift toward general
> revenues, the fund will have a deficit of $4 million by the end of
> fiscal year 2003. 
> 
> 
> 

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