EPA Supports Superfund "Polluter Pays" Provision

EPA Supports Superfund "Polluter Pays" Provision
http://www.epa.gov/superfund/ 
 
"The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today sent a letter to Congress in support of reinstating the lapsed Superfund "polluter pays" taxes.  Superfund is the federal government's program that investigates and cleans up the nation's most complex, uncontrolled or abandoned hazardous waste sites.  If reinstated, the Superfund provision would provide a stable, dedicated source of revenue for the program and increase the pace of Superfund cleanup.  It would also ensure that parties who benefit from the manufacture or sale of substances that commonly cause environmental problems at hazardous waste sites, and not taxpayers, help bear the cost of cleanup when responsible parties cannot be identified."