“Superfund: In the Eye of the Storm”

The Silver Valley Community Resource Center is asking supporters to check out a new report from The Center For Health, Environment, and Justice . Titled, “Superfund: In The Eye of the Storm,” it reveals bailouts and climate change are damaging toxic waste sites and burdening the Federal Superfund. Currently, congress is refinancing Superfund by having polluters pay fees. Here’s an interesting part: “Groups are also delivering a pizza to key Senators and House Representatives to highlight the low cost of corporate Superfund fees. One of the fees, the Corporate Environmental Income Tax paid by companies with $2 million or more in profits, was only $12 on every $10,000 in profits - or the price of a large, cheese pizza.”

This report is especially significant for the Silver Valley community, given that the controversial Eastern Mission Flats Repository across from Cataldo Mission is located in a floodplain.

Read PDF of report HERE and national news release HERE .

For more information, you can contact Moira Bulloch, CHEJ at 703-237-2249 ext. 19 or mbulloch@chej.org