Capitol Journal - Superfund / Toxic Waste
Capitol Journal - Superfund / Toxic Waste
Capitol Journal - Superfund / Toxic Waste
Capitol Journal - Superfund / Toxic Waste
Hodding Carter outside the Capitol explains House and Senate superfund proposals for clean up fund raising, comments on toxic waste clean up effort and legislation
Capitol Journal - Superfund / Toxic Waste
Representative James Florio (D - New Jersey), The administration s Superfund proposal is the logical extension of its New Federalism concept - saying the Federal Government is retreating from everything - other than buying missiles - and in fact, we re going to give back to the states the responsibilities for dealing with these environmental issues and every other issue.
Capitol Journal - Superfund / Toxic Waste
A fenced off site. Sign Caution - Hazardous Waste .
Capitol Journal - Superfund / Toxic Waste
Man in protective suit working around a large container. Cleaning hazardous waste.
Capitol Journal - Superfund / Toxic Waste
Charles DiBona, President of the American Petroleum Institute, There is no question that the companies want clean up. It makes a lot of sense to do it early. Unfortunately if you put a very small fraction - in the extreme 1 barrel out of a million barrels - and go in to clean up that 1 barrel, you automatically become liable for cleaning up the whole site. Not only liable for cleaning up the whole site, but whatever action you take, in terms of removal to another spot, you become liable everything at the other spot, forever into the future.
Capitol Journal - Superfund / Toxic Waste
Man in protective suit hooks a hose to a large tank. Cleaning hazardous waste.
Capitol Journal - Superfund / Toxic Waste
Senator Lloyd Bentsen (D-Texas), I think in this instance, the EPA is overly optimistic and I don t believe they re going to get that kind of money. And therefore, we have to have something we can count on when cleaning up these toxic waste sites.
Capitol Journal - Superfund / Toxic Waste
Lee Thomas, Administrator, EPA, What we ve accomplished today is characterizing the problem, dealing with hundreds of sites that presented an immediate threat, building a capability in nearly every state in this country to assess and deal with problems themselves, and move forward with the big priority sites.
Capitol Journal - Superfund / Toxic Waste
EPA headquarters sign in Washington DC, pan to building. CU of entrance door to the Environmental Protection Agency building.
Capitol Journal - Superfund / Toxic Waste
Anne M. Gorsuch, former Administrator of the EPA.
Capitol Journal - Superfund / Toxic Waste
Rita Lavelle, head of the Superfund, appearing before a Congressional Committee.
Capitol Journal - Superfund / Toxic Waste
Anne M. Gorsuch, former Administrator of the EPA.
Capitol Journal - Superfund / Toxic Waste
EPA headquarters building in Washington DC.
Capitol Journal - Superfund / Toxic Waste
President Ronald Reagan at press conference introduces new head of the EPA head, William Ruckelshaus.
Capitol Journal - Superfund / Toxic Waste
Lee Thomas, Administrator, EPA talking to reporter.
Capitol Journal - Superfund / Toxic Waste
Senator George Mitchell (D - Maine), The most reliable indicator of future human behavior, is past human behavior. I don t think Ronald Reagan has a single ounce of commitment to protection of our environment.
Capitol Journal - Superfund / Toxic Waste
Hugh Kaufmann, EPA engineer, This administration really has been in the hip pocket of major polluters in everything they do. There s no question about it. Even though there are good people and certainly Lee Thomas, our administrator, just as Bill Ruckelshaus before him, is a very good man - hearts in the right place, but they have to dance to the White House tune.
Capitol Journal - Superfund / Toxic Waste
John O Connor, National Campaign Against Toxic Hazards, I think the EPA is not seriously looking at the magnitude of the problem we have out there. Toxic waste sites across this country are perhaps our nation s number one hidden health problem. There is public health emergency after public health emergency in community after community across this country. The administration is not recognizing that.
Capitol Journal - Superfund / Toxic Waste
Hugh Kaufmann, EPA engineer, The point is we have thousands of sites to clean up. At the rate we re going, it will take us until the year 3000.
Capitol Journal - Superfund / Toxic Waste
Senator Lloyd Bentsen (D-Texas), I do think that there was substantial mismanagement in the beginning of the administration of this fund and of the objective, in that there wasn t enough enthusiasm in pursuing it. But I think you see a change here at the present time with the new administrator. Anyway, we re going to be monitoring it and pushing it to see that it s accomplished because it s a major priority for our country to clean up these toxic waste sites.
Capitol Journal - Superfund / Toxic Waste
Lee Thomas, Administrator, EPA, And I think 5 years from now, they ll be saying that we ve got the biggest part of this under control and this is how much we ve got left.