EPA: Great Lakes cleanup plan on track
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A comprehensive plan to tackle the Great Lakes' most pressing environmental problems &#151; from invasive species to sewage overflows &#151; is on track despite complaints about inadequate federal funding, an Environmental Protection Agency official said.
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By Patrick Lester, The Morning Call, Allentown, Pa.  Jun. 15--The federal government has announced plans for an estimated $19 million cleanup of a Berks County toxic waste site nearly 25 years after a potentially cancer-causing chemical was found in drinking water there.
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The Environmental Protection Agency will finish 24 Superfund toxic waste cleanups this year, far fewer than the average 76 completed annually during the Clinton administration.
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By Brian Nearing, Albany Times Union, N.Y.  Feb. 9--FORT EDWARD -- The long-delayed cleanup of PCBs from the Hudson River at Fort Edward is being pushed back from summer 2008 until spring 2009, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency officials said.
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By Darrin Youker, Reading Eagle, Pa.  Mar. 11--Since 1982, residents in Bally have had problems with contamination in their municipal water supply.  But in a few months, the federal Environmental Protection Agency finally expects to remedy the situation.
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By Brian Neill, The Bradenton Herald, Fla.  Sep. 19--MANATEE -- State and United States Coast Guard officials said today they are pleased with the progress of an ongoing oil spill cleanup at Port Manatee.
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BP Plc  said on Tuesday it was working toward settling outstanding safety and health violations at two of its Midwestern refineries.
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By John Myers, Duluth News-Tribune, Minn.  May 24--The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources must start work on statewide regulations for new construction along Minnesota lakes and rivers under orders from the Minnesota Legislature.
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Changes in the program may be necessary to continue cleanups as more contaminated sites demand attention and federal resources remain flat.
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By Patricia Daddona, The Day, New London, Conn.  Feb. 8--Connecticut will not wait for the Environmental Protection Agency  to react to a federal court ruling on power plant fish kills.
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A Solid Energy report on fish in rivers downstream of its mine near Westport will be the benchmark for its environmental clean-up.   The priority is to get whitebait running in the Ngakawau River again.
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By Tom Henry, The Blade, Toledo, Ohio  Sep. 23--CLEVELAND -- Gov. Bob Taft said yesterday that a pair of congressional bills calling for an unprecedented $20 billion in Great Lakes cleanup funds could become a key election issue this fall and in the 2008 presidential election.
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Clean-up continues with waters still rising in some areas.
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Impact of reduced ice cover on Great Lakes is felt by numerous industries and coastal landowners.
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By Bob Downing, The Akron Beacon Journal, Ohio  Sep. 25--BARBERTON -- Work will probably get under way next week to keep pollutants under PPG Industries from getting into Lower Hudson Run.   The project, being done voluntarily under the supervision of the U.S.
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Report says agency set limits to line up with the administration's free-market approaches to power plant pollution.
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Environmentalists concede that an ambitious multistate pledge to clean up the Chesapeake Bay by 2010 will fall short. That's because of the $28 billion cost and because the necessary sewage-treatment upgrades and other improvements will take longer than three years.