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Tribe lawmakers tour Superfund site
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MAY 30, 2001 Officials from the Quapaw Tribe of Oklahoma joined freshman Congressman Brad Carson (D-Okla.) and retiring Congressman Steve Largent (R-Okla.) in a tour of the Tar Creek Superfund site on Tuesday. Both lawmakers were on a fact-finding mission at the site, where costs have grown to $77 million. The site was put on the Superfund list after a 1995 Indian Health Service study showed that 35 percent of area children had blood lead levels above federal standards. The site contains mine waste known as chat. The Quapaw Tribe wants the Bureau of Indian Affairs to lift a ban on the sale of chat. Chat can be used for driveway paving under state law. Get the Story:
Reps. Largent, Carson seek Tar Creek cleanup solution (The Daily Oklahoman 5/30)
Largent: `Common sense' needed at Tar Creek site (The Tulsa World 5/30) Related Stories:
Tribe wants BIA ban on waste lifted (4/25)
Quapaw want to sell waste (6/27)
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