The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has announced plans to spend $1 billion from the new federal infrastructure law to eliminate its backlog of unfunded Superfund sites around the country and speed cleanup of other hazardous-waste sites where work is already underway.
The plan, which EPA unveiled on Dec. 17, includes funds to start construction at 49 sites in 24 states and territories that are on the Superfund National Priorities List and constitute the program’s funding backlog.