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Greenwire: U.S. EPA warned of the potential dire consequences of legislation being fast-tracked through the House that would give states final say on rules concerning water, wetlands and mountaintop-removal mining.
In a four-page legal analysis (pdf), EPA said the measure (H.R. 2018 (pdf)) sponsored by House Transportation and Infrastructure Chairman John Mica (R-Fla.) and ranking member Nick Rahall (D-W.Va.) "would overturn almost 40 years of federal legislation by preventing EPA from protecting public......
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EPA Warns House Bill Would ‘Overturn’ Clean Water Law
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on June 23rd, 2011
Posted in Water Conservation