Democrats Await Next EPA to Settle DOD Cleanup Enforcement Dispute

By Suzanne Yohannan / October 28, 2008 at 5:00 AM
Defense Environment Alert -- House Democrats are waiting for the next administration to resolve a long-running dispute over the Environmental Protection Agency's authority to enforce cleanup orders at Defense Department facilities after agency officials failed to provide satisfactory answers to their recent questions on the issue, according to a key House source. At issue are long-running efforts by Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman John Dingell (D-MI) and other panel members to determine whether EPA is complying with provisions in the...

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