TULSA, Okla. (AP) Oklahoma Senator Jim Inhofe says he can secure any additional money that's needed to complete a buyout of homes in the Tar Creek Superfund site. Because of the mid-term elections, Inhofe will no longer be the chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, a position he used to help secure the initial funding. But the veteran senator says others familiar with the Superfund program will continue to support adding money for Tar Creek. The 20 (m) million dollar federal buyout involves heavily undermined homes and businesses within a 40 square-mile area in the state's northeastern tip. Years of lead and zinc mining left mounds of mine waste, tainted water and land that's susceptible to cave-ins. Sonya Harris of the Lead-Impacted Communities Relocation Assistance Trust says the committee chose the first families to receive buyout money by lottery. Harris says those living in the most undermined areas of the site will receive help first. Posted at 11/16/2006 07:00:00 AM