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In its annual report to Congress, EPA said cleanups were completed at 40 of the nation's toxic waste sites in the budget year that ended Sept. 30. The agency also added five new sites totaling 1,203 uncompleted cleanups sites. Most cleanups have taken several years, many more than a decade. The program was created to find and clean up the worse toxic waste sites in the country. Money from corporate taxes and general tax revenues covered about $1.3 billion of the program's cost last year. The other $1.7 billion came from companies found responsible for polluting. However, Julie Wolk, an environmental advocate criticizes EPA's cleanup rate and Congress for not pushing to reinstate the special tax on corporations.
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