In fact, the administration will leave communities at risk by slowing down toxic waste cleanups and shifting costs from polluters to taxpayers.
The budget for environmental management, including waste cleanup, was set at $6.5 billion, down from $7.05 billion this year.
The bond money, which voters approved in November 1986, is intended for toxic waste cleanup and state land aquisition.
B1 New Jersey's toxic waste cleanup is grinding along behind schedule.
An additional $1 million to $2 million will be needed for waste cleanup in the former railroad parking lot.
Toxic waste cleanups are one example of a program gone awry.
We must insist that cities meet their obligations in waste cleanup.
The reauthorization increased financing for waste cleanup to $8.5 billion, from $1.6 billion.
Little is heard from the stump about land management, water rights, nuclear waste cleanup or endangered species.
More than 14,000 sites have the potential for hazardous and toxic waste cleanup.