Well, my, this is such a surprise!
Think how bad it would have been if they hadn’t had all those pesky regulations to minimze the chances of this happening.
Oh…wait…
Typically sites are in the Superfund program as a result of long-term, historical contamination, where the companies responsible are no longer around or are local companies with limited funds to pay for such a large-scale cleanup. Plus, once it’s in the Superfund program, it is subject to federal oversight and federal cleanup goals. This situation will bring in a lot of $$work$$ for the PRP Group and their subcontractors that’s for sure. Hopefully they are competent enough to contain the damage.
PRP Group, the corporation formed to oversee the cleanup at U.S. Oil Recovery, said it reported the spills as legally required but said subsequent testing of storm water remaining in the affected tanks showed it met federal drinking water standards.
Will there be a press conference where PRP executives and top EPA officials drink tall glasses of U.S. Oil Recovery water?
This is the kind of work that AP can do when it doesn’t just assign stenographers to a story.
It’s worth noting that about 150 Superfund sites are military related.
“Three reports? Just shred them and put them in the circular file.”