requiring both companies to quickly provide the agency with information in its ongoing review of risks posed by lead-clad telecom cables.
The EPA's Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance on Wednesday sent letters seeking results of inspections the telecom companies have undertaken, as well as sampling results and data. Over the coming weeks, it said it will conduct independent sampling starting in Coal Center, Pennsylvania and West Orange, New Jersey.
AT&T says it has no reason to believe the cables pose public health risks and added it is "collaborating with the EPA and will provide any information requested, including our recent testing in Lake Tahoe and Michigan. We hope the WSJ will do the same and share their full data and methodologies with the EPA."
Verizon, which said this week it was doing its own tests on sites identified by the Journal, said it "has been proactively working with the EPA, including discussions regarding the specific sites identified in their letter."
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