Political Quotes

“My amendment would strike language that expands eligibility for the National Priorities List in section 204, which is overseen by the Environmental Protection Agency. My amendment also reinstates language that directs listings of the ``highest priority facilities'' for cleanup and guarantees that State- recommended sites receive priority. {time} 1515 In 2003, an agreement was finalized to provide much-needed cleanup to the North Indian Bend Wash site in my district. The site, formerly used for industrial production and manufacturing, now spans several housing developments in which thousands of Arizona families, students and seniors reside. Since then, Federal, State, and local stakeholders have worked together to put a 25-year plan in place to address soil and water contamination at this site, but those plans have not gone uninterrupted. In January of 2008, more than 3.5 million gallons of contaminated water were mistakenly delivered from this site to homes in Paradise Valley, and in July of that same year, irrigation water used from this site triggered a study at an elementary school in my district to determine if the school grounds had been contaminated. The North Indian Bend Wash site is one of many sites across the country listed under the National Priorities List, which provides much- needed funding to assist States with cleanup efforts.…”