The EPA will unveil plans tomorrow to scale back its Coeur d'Alene Basin Superfund cleanup from a 100-year, $1.3 billion deal to more like about 30 years and $730-some million, in response to public comments from the state and local residents. Idaho DEQ Director Toni Hardesty revealed the news while testifying to a legislative committee considering Silverton Rep. Shannon McMillan's resolution to order EPA to leave the Silver Valley within five years and take its Superfund cleanup with it. The resolution asks the federal government to take actions it can't by law, Hardesty told lawmakers. "In fact, EPA cannot legally rescind the Superfund designation until they have completed the cleanup," Hardesty said.

The House Environment Committee voted to hold the resolution, HJM 9, but not kill it, in case they want to bring it back up for a rewrite. You can read my full story here at spokesman.com.