Toxic sites in Hoopa Valley awaiting cleanup as Trump’s EPA budget cuts loom
Celtor Chemical Works and the Cooper Bluff Mine are part of a priorities list for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Superfund program. The mine was formally added to the list last year, while the processing facility is scheduled for re-assessment after officials discovered more toxic waste linking back to it. But the Trump administration this week proposed reducing the EPA’s budget by 26%, cuts that would include $113 million slashed from the Superfund program’s allocation.