InsideEPA.com -- The Justice Department is backing EPA's authority to issue cleanup orders at Defense Department facilities -- a major defeat for DOD in its long-fought campaign challenging the agency's authority and a decision likely to force the military to clean up contaminated sites. In the Dec. 1 letter to DOD, DOJ's Office of Legal Counsel backs EPA on its authority to issue "imminent and substantial endangerment" orders under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) and the Safe Drinking...
