The Nation - News from July 24, 1985

A House committee approved a plan supporters said would set strict standards for cleanup of the nation’s worst toxic waste sites. The measure, inserted into a proposed five-year, $10-billion reauthorization of the Superfund toxic waste cleanup program, would “make it absolutely clear that the minimum standard is the protection of human health and the environment,” said sponsor Rep. Dennis E. Eckart (D-Ohio). The amendment was approved on a voice vote after three hours of discussion during the House Energy and Commerce Committee’s third day of debate on the measure.