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FILE - In this Nov. 30, 2004, file photo, an evaporation pond holds contaminated fluid and sediment at the former Anaconda copper mine near Yerington, Nev. Nevada wants to back out of an agreement with U.S. regulators to designate the toxic mine as a priority Superfund site, a move critics say could ultimately leave state taxpayers on the hook for hundreds of millions dollars in cleanup costs at the abandoned World War II-era copper mine near Yerington, according to documents obtained by The Associated Press. (AP Photo/Debra Reid, File)

AP NewsBreak: Nevada wants out of Superfund listing at mine

By SCOTT SONNER - Associated Press

President Donald Trump pauses during a news conference with the Emir of Kuwait Sheikh Sabah Al Ahmad Al Sabah in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Thursday Sept. 7, 2017. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

EDITORIAL: Thrown off the gravy train

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

In this Thursday, July 16, 2015, file photo, a customer re-fuels her car at a Costco in Robinson Township, Pa. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)

EPA to hold hearing on Corporate Average Fuel Economy standards

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

GE to EPA: No good evidence for more Hudson River dredging

Associated Press

Texas Gov.r Greg Abbott talks to the media after visiting the Coastal Bend after Hurricane Harvey destroyed several homes, Thursday, Aug. 31, 2017, in Corpus Christi, Texas. (Gabe Hernandez/Corpus Christi Caller-Times via AP)

Texas expects EPA to ‘get on top of’ toxic water risk

Associated Press

At the Highlands Acid Pit on Thursday, August 31, 2017, the No Trespassing sign on the barbed-wire fence encircling the 3.3-acre Superfund site barely peeked above the churning flood water from the nearby San Jacinto River. Long a center of the nation's petrochemical industry, the Houston metro area has more than a dozen such Superfund sites, designated by the Environmental Protection Agency as being among the most intensely contaminated places in the nation. (AP Photo/Jason Dearen)

AP EXCLUSIVE: Toxic waste sites flooded in Houston area

By JASON DEAREN and MICHAEL BIESECKER - Associated Press

Bottles and other refuse sit on the flood line at Patrick Bayou in the Houston Ship Channel on Saturday, Sept. 2, 2017 in Houston. The bayou, which sits next to a chemical plant in an intensely industrial area of Houston, is polluted with pesticides, hydrocarbons, metals and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs). Floodwaters have inundated at least five highly contaminated toxic waste sites near Houston, raising concerns that the pollution there might spread. (AP Photo/Jason Dearen)

The Latest: AP EXCLUSIVE: EPA surveys toxic waste sites

Associated Press

Mike Cossey, of Bureau Veritas, uses an air monitor to check the quality of air at a police roadblock marking the 1.5-mile perimeter of the evacuation area around the Arkema Inc. chemical plant Thursday, Aug. 31, 2017, in Crosby, Texas. The Houston-area chemical plant that lost power after Harvey engulfed the area in extensive floods was rocked by multiple explosions early Thursday, the plant's operator said. The Arkema Inc. plant had been left without refrigeration for chemicals that become volatile as the temperature rises. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

The Latest: Arkema says 2 trailers of compounds caught fire

Associated Press

Mike Cossey, of Bureau Veritas, uses an air monitor to check the quality of air at a police roadblock marking the 1.5-mile perimeter of the evacuation area around the Arkema Inc. chemical plant Thursday, Aug. 31, 2017, in Crosby, Texas. The Houston-area chemical plant that lost power after Harvey engulfed the area in extensive floods was rocked by multiple explosions early Thursday, the plant's operator said. The Arkema Inc. plant had been left without refrigeration for chemicals that become volatile as the temperature rises. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

EPA delayed chemical safety rule after industry complaints

By MATTHEW DALY - Associated Press

Correction: Cleaning the Hudson story

Associated Press

EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt (Associated Press)

EDITORIAL: Tales from the red-tape factory

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Vehicles drive through floodwaters in the aftermath of Harvey, in Friendswood, Texas on Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2017. Gov. Greg Abbott said Wednesday that &quot;the worst is not over&quot; for southeastern Texas as widespread flooding continues. (Kevin M. Cox/The Galveston County Daily News via AP)

EPA grants fuel waivers for Gulf Coast, Southeastern states

By MATTHEW DALY - Associated Press

The Latest: Stepp defends record as DNR secretary

Associated Press

(AP Photo/David Goldman)

Taking politics out of climate science

By E. Calvin Beisner

Adviser to EPA chief cited for federal banking violations

By MICHAEL BIESECKER - Associated Press

In this June 2, 2017, file photo, EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt speaks to the media during the daily briefing in the Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais,file)

EPA inspector general launches probe of Scott Pruitt’s travel costs

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

FILE - In this June 2, 2017 file photo, EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt speaks in the Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington. The inspector general at the EPA has opened an inquiry into Pruitt’s frequent taxpayer-funded travel to his home in Oklahoma. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

EPA watchdog reviewing agency chief’s trips home to Oklahoma

By MICHAEL BIESECKER - Associated Press

US Rep. Higgins leads EPA rally, criticizes Trump

Associated Press

EPA taps Alabama business lobbyist to lead Southeast region

By JASON DEAREN - Associated Press

Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt hasn't said one way or the other whether he plans to pursue the endangerment finding, which provided the legal underpinning for much of the Obama administration's agenda inside the agency. (Associated Press/File)

Federal government needs major overhaul to cut red tape, reduce costs: Report

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times