"EPA Withdraws Cleanup Guidelines for Dioxin"

After 18 months of resistance from the White House Office of Management and Budget, the US EPA has withdrawn proposed guidelines for cleaning up dioxin-contaminated soil at polluted sites. EPA says other guidelines issued in the meanwhile made them unnecessesary. Environmental groups condemned the move and the chemical industry applauded it.

Jeremy P. Jacobs reports an exclusive for Greenwire April 10, 2012. The story is only available to Greenwire subscribers, and EJToday Headlines does not carry pay-only text. Greenwire is the first news outlet to cover this important story.

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"Rulemaking 'Bottleneck' Is Agency That Enviros Love To Hate" (Greenwire)

"EPA: 2 Years Needed To Choose Dioxin Cleanup Plan for Michigan River" (Click On Detroit)

"EPA Streamlines Dioxin, Floodplain Contamination Cleanup Process for 24-Mile Stretch Of Tittabawassee River" (Saginaw News)

"EPA To Discuss Plans for Miss. Cleanup Site" (AP)

"Public Can Comment on  Dioxin Cleanup Plan for Midland Through April 25" (Midland Daily News)

"MLive Readers Say EPA Is Pushing Off Tittabawassee River Cleanup" (Advance)