Whistle-blower accuses EPA of 'sweetheart deals'

By Compiled From Wire Service Dispatches With Analysis From Monitor Correspondents Around The World; Edited By Laurent Belsie

February 17, 1983

Washington

Whistle-blower Hugh Kaufman said Environmental Protection Agency officials had provided polluters with ''sweetheart deals.'' He added that some of the polluters went to the White House seeking to stop his accusations. A congressional panel is investigating the EPA's $1.6 billion program to clean up toxic-waste sites.