Alachua County Commissioners are frustrated about how long it’s taken the Environmental Protection Agency to approve the Cabot-Koppers Superfund site cleanup, so it may take its case to the capitol.
“Help us,” Chairman Lee Pinkoson said to Marion Turner, a liaison between the Commission and Washington D.C.
Turner seemed just as frustrated as the Commissioners. After the meeting, he said the EPA is dragging its feet. However, perhaps it will listen if a senator or two complains.
Turner said that a decision about how the site will be cleaned up has been delayed by the EPA for more than a decade.
Commissioner Paula Delaney said she’s been dealing with issues related to the Superfund site since the 1990s.
Needless to say, it’s been a headache for a while.
Turner offered a solution. He suggested organizing a meeting where city, county and federal officials, namely Sens. Bill Nelson and Marco Rubio, can discuss this issue with the EPA.
Delaney said that the Commission should work toward a meeting. Turner said that the meeting could take place in the next four to six weeks.
“I do think it’s time to start chewing on people,” Delaney said.
