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September 7, 2001: EPA Administrator Says Agency Does Not Intend to Pay for Cleanup of Town near Problematic Mine

2001-09-07

EPA Administrator Christine Todd Whitman tells residents at a town hall meeting in Libby, Montana, a designated Superfund Site where the EPA is remedying asbestos contamination (see (August 2001)), “It has never been our plan to look to you to pay for any part of this cleanup, including the cleanup of residential properties.” [Environmental Protection Agency, 9/7/2001]