Shutdown suspends federal cleanups at US Superfund sites

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — The partial government shutdown has forced suspension of federal work at the nation’s Superfund sites unless it is determined there is an “imminent threat” to life or property.
In Alabama’s north Birmingham, 40-year-old Keisha Brown says the shutdown is “adding more fuel to the fire” when it comes to residents being left to live among the toxic residue of industry. Her neighborhood is a Superfund site. The Environmental Protection