Podcast now online- Sierra Club's Scott Dye on the new Bannister cleanup plan

Scott Dye, director of The Sierra Club's Water Sentinels, returned to Tell Somebody on September 6, 2011.  ***CLICK HERE*** for a link to a downloadable mp3 audio file of this week's show.



Scott Dye speaking in KC
in November, 2010

In April, 2011, the Sierra Club and Physicians for Social Responsibility delivered a petition to the Environmental Protection Agency asking them to look at the Bannister Federal Complex and its legacy pollution and determine whether it should be included on the EPA's Superfund National Priorities List (NPL).

Scott Dye tells us that EPA Region 7 Administrator Karl Brooks called him at home in April 2010 and said they would act on the petition immediately and it would take several months to make a determination.

Last Thursday, September 1, 2011, Karl Brooks announced a new plan to clean up the Bannister Federal Complex giving the lead to the Missouri Department of Natural Resources and avoiding, at least for now,  the Superfund NPL list, claiming their new approach will clean the site to the same standards, but get it done sooner.

An EPA press release announcing the plan read:
Bannister Federal Complex Plan Represents Significant Step Forward in Resolving Environmental Issues.

A story posted to the Kansas City Star Thursday night originally read:
Bannister plant avoids Superfund list

Perhaps that sounded a little negative to somebody, because about an hour later, the exact same article was re-posted changing only the headline:

Bannister complex will stay off  Superfund list.


Headlines from the Kansas City Star website-
softening the headline?





















***CLICK HERE*** for a link to a downloadable mp3 audio file of this week's show.