[CPEO-MEF] NATIVE PEOPLES, FORMER SITES: "Liability Loopholes Persist at Contaminated Federal Sites" (AK)

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Liability Loopholes Persist at Contaminated Federal Sites


By Sylvia Carignan
Bloomberg Daily Environment Report
April 19, 2017


A 20-year-old EPA policy meant to protect landowners such as Alaska native groups from cleanup liability for over $1.7 billion in their state hasn’t eradicated their fear of big cleanup bills. 

The Environmental Protection Agency’s 1997 policy is meant to “alleviate uncertainty” in situations where owners of former federal property could be responsible for contamination the government caused, according to the policy. 

Sarah Lukin, board member of the Afognak Native Corporation in Alaska, said some Alaska native corporations are unwilling to notify the EPA of possible toxins on their land.

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For the entire article, see
https://www.bna.com/liability-loopholes-persist-n57982086516/

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director
Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
P.O. Box 998, Mountain View, CA 94042
Voice/Fax: 650/961-8918 
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
http://www.cpeo.org

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