Submitted by: Conservative 2 Conservative
Posted: 01 May 2016 05:47 PM PDT
The
Environmental Protection Agency has taken in a whopping $6 billion from
settlements in Superfund cases since the 1990’s that it has stashed in
over 1300 accounts. Congress has no oversight of this money and we don’t
know what the EPA is using it for.
The
accounts – which were created through EPA’s Superfund program – are not
technically secret because the agency officially acknowledges their
existence. But getting concrete details about deposits and expenditures
is extremely difficult.
The EPA deposited more than $6.3 billion into
an estimated 1,308 special accounts between 1990 and 2015, according to
the agency’s website, and has spent more than half of the total. The
agency doesn’t publicly report individual special account balances or
expenses.
The
“special accounts” are financed by legal settlements between the agency
and parties responsible for polluting Superfund sites. Funds
are deposited and spent without prior congressional approval. (Read More)
The EPA says they are using the money to finance Superfund cleanup projects, but we have no way of knowing if that’s true.
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