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TUESDAY, JULY 10, 2001

A report released on Monday by the Resources for the Future, a non-partisan think tank, cites the Superfund project for cleaning up more than half of the nation's worst waste sites.

Of the more than 1,280 toxic waste dumps on the EPA's national priority list, the report says 57 percent have been cleaned up or no longer pose threats to humans.

The report also focuses on future costs of the program, which is administered by the Environmental Protection Agency. The report says Congress will have to spend at l east $14 billion to $16.4 billion over the next decade to keep up with a burgeoning list of sites.

The Coeur d'Alene Tribe of Idaho is considering supporting the removal of Lake Coeur d'Alene from the Superfund list, provided that there are solid plans in place for a cleanup. The tribe owns the southern third of the lake, recently upheld by the Supreme Court.

Get the Story:
Superfund Cleanup Effort Shows Results, Study Reports (The Washington Post 7/10)
Old Lake Coeur d'Alene plan touted as alternative to Superfund (The Spokesman Review 7/9)
Tribe may back lake delisting (The Spokesman Review 7/3)

Relevant Links:
Resources fof the Future - http://www.rff.org
The Superfund Program - http://www.epa.gov/superfund/index.htm

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Superfund trial begins in Idaho (01/23)
EPA refuses request to stop cleanup (12/22)
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