Superfund Issues Must Be Addressed
Murray
Borrello, Alma College geology instructor, has made national
presentations on how the technical aspects of the Environmental
Protection Agency Superfund should be addressed politically and how the
Bush administration has not addressed them. He has specific examples of
how addressing the political issues of the Superfund site cleanup has
worked at the St. Louis, Mich., Superfund Site. In his Environmental
Geology class, Borrello addresses environmental law and policy issues,
including the Bush Administration's pullbacks on Coal burning plants
and emissions.
Borrello and Ed Lorenz, Alma College Reid-Knox Professor of History and
professor of political science, are experts in environmental policy and
activists in pressuring government agencies to include community input
in environmental decisions.
They were responsible for helping form a Citizens Advisory Group (CAG)
in Gratiot County (Mich.) that is a major force in monitoring and
participating in governmental agencies' decisions during the cleanup of
one of the Nation's worst Superfund sites. Their experience dealing
with government agencies shows that the environment and citizens'
safety takes a back seat to political expediency. Cleanup of one of the
worst environmental disasters in history at the St. Louis, Mich.,
chemical plant that made PBB synonymous with bad chemicals has finally
got on track after more than 20 years largely because the CAG is
addressing the politics involved.
Lorenz, as a policy expert in Superfund issues and environmental law,
is a member of an Environmental Protection Agency Superfund advisory
panel making recommendations on the role the EPA's Superfund should
play in addressing the nation's most polluted and costly hazardous
waste sites. His environmental views are in sharp contrast to the
business and industry members of the panel.
Contact Murray Borello (989) 463-7191 or borello@alma.edu
Contact Ed Lorenz (989) 463-7203 or lorenz@alma.edu
Posted: Thu, October 21st, 2004 at 11:29AM
