I do not see the factual record in this matter justifying significant changes to the existing law here.
I feel with regret that the amendments appear to be solutions in search of a problem.
Could you check and submit that?
What does that mean?
You would think it would.
But the answer is very few, if any. Is that right?
I have some familiarity with the subject matter before us today since I have chaired both the committee and the conference committee.
I am unaware that this Subcommittee has conducted any oversight that has identified problems necessitating the amendments before us today.
Many of these amendments appear unnecessary and are without a factual basis or predicate.
Such actions will delay cleanup for years while a federal judge sorts through the technical merits of a selected cleanup remedy.
Good. Now, in a situation where the state wants the most gold-plated remedy which might require the excavation and disposal of hundreds of t...