Last week, EPA Administrator Pruitt issued a memorandum requiring that all Superfund remedies estimated to cost at least $50 million be approved by the Administrator. I’m not optimistic that this will cure, or even ameliorate, what ails CERCLA. 
First, the memorandum gets off on precisely the wrong foot. Administrator Pruitt states that:
The Superfund program is a vital function of the U.S.… More