Daywatch: EPA criticized for leaving cleanup unfinished

Daywatch: EPA criticized for leaving cleanup unfinished

Good morning, Chicago. Nearly a year after a toxic asphalt spill in the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal, state and local officials and environmental advocates say the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency ended the cleanup effort before it was completed. A week before Thanksgiving, the agency posted a notice on its website that federal operations in the canal had been concluded. “That was kind of shocking that (the EPA) is not living up to the th…