The EPA’s PCB cleanup plan of the Hudson River was and is a disaster. PCBs, when left alone under sediment, break down naturally over time into basically harmless components.
EPA, in its infinite stupidity, is disturbing the overlying, protective sediment, which is keeping PCBs from leaking into the water.
I think this case happened during the EPA rule of marxist Carol Browner in the Clinton Administration.
Believe me, this isn’t the only dumbassed thing the EPA has done to either hurt the environment or to cost the taxpayers a lot of unwarranted money.
I know, I worked on EPA cases. The leftists who have headed it under the Democrats have perverted it into an anti-business agency, while decent EPA workers are made to enforce downright stupid policies which hurt the economy and the workers.
And it isn’t going to get any better. The new EPA director acts like a tough guy and looks like one too. It’s going to be a long 2-3 years until the Republicans have a chance to correct this situation.
Meanwhile the economy keeps crawling along, and millions of decent workers have no jobs. You figure it out.
It started during the Clinton administration, but I believe the EPA's final record of decision was released in 2001 when Christie Whitman was the new EPA director in the Bush administration.