Pruitt Seeks Quicker Superfund Cleanups at Three Targeted Sites (1)

EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt put the spotlight on three more Superfund sites to accelerate cleanup efforts after the agency targeted those sites for a lack of progress.

The Environmental Protection Agency named the sites in California, Delaware, and Minnesota April 16 after the agency’s regional staff said they needed a push from the administrator, Albert “Kell” Kelly, Pruitt’s senior adviser on Superfund issues, told Bloomberg Environment.

Kelly expects that push to come in the form of an expedited cleanup plan decision or quicker negotiations for each of the sites.

Pruitt also removed two sites from the list of those ...