Backed By EPA, Democrats Eye Legislative Vehicles For Superfund Taxes

摘要

Democrats are eying various legislative proposals on jobs, tax and energy policies as potential vehicles for reinstating the long-expired Superfund taxes on industry, with sources saying the effort won a boost from EPA's new push to reinstate the taxes in order to generate billions of dollars in new revenue and help cut the deficit.rnEPA Administrator Lisa Jackson sent a June 21 letter to the House and Senate urging lawmakers to take up the Obama administration's proposed one-page language for reinstating the taxes. The letter came one day before a Senate Environment & Public Works Committee Superfund panel oversight hearing of EPA's Superfund program. The letter is available on InsideEPA.com. See page 2 for details.