The remedy activities sound expensive – are my tax dollars paying for it?
The entities that owned, operated and/or transported wastes to the Lowry Landfill included not only private businesses, but also municipalities and state and federal agencies. Under the settlement mentioned in question #6 above, those entities either paid into a trust fund that is now being used to fund the work at Lowry Landfill or paid the EPA to reimburse it for its work at the site. The settlement payments from the municipalities and state and federal agencies came from taxpayer dollars, while payments from the private businesses did not.
