“After dramatically scaling back the cleanup plan for one of the country’s most contaminated areas, critics say, the Trump administration is now preparing to sidestep any remediation at all by declaring the entire near-3,000-acre former rocket and nuclear testing site near Los Angeles a culturally significant site for Native Americans.
“This cynical scam has nothing to do with preserving cultural heritage but everything to do with weaseling out of expensive cleanup responsibilities,” said Jeff Ruch, the Pacific director of Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility.””
