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On the recordMay 16, 2002
That beautiful Sparks Marina was cleaned up without a single penny of taxpayers' money. It was paid for by the polluters who were forced into cleaning that up when it was declared a Superfund site because had they not come forward and then been found guilty, they would have been charged three times the actual damages.
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Harry Reid
Democratic · Nevada

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Discussing the cleanup of Sparks Marina and the responsibility of polluters.

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