[doubloon]

thats very interesting, i never heard of this, i wonder how many other towns are off-the-radar. and in China probably even more now.

i wonder if the EPA could be better off if it gave grants instead of fining people.

[jjtheblunt]

government handouts seem to escape their original purpose, famously.

For a recent example there are the covid relief scams galore. very often in the news the last year or two at least in Arizona, where some egregiously shameful people 'embezzled' and 'gamed' the grants system to buy super extravagent properties, etc. .

[analog31]

Superfund is such a a program.