The Energy Department's (DOE) recent commitment to use nine Superfund factors to determine cleanup levels at its sites slated for accelerated cleanup is drawing skepticism from state and tribal officials and other DOE critics, who say the commitment is too vague and does not bind DOE to follow strict cleanup requirements.
The new DOE plan, which comes after years of criticisms from EPA, states and other critics, follows recent complaints from some DOE site managers that the accelerated cleanup program was failing.