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Friday, February 28, 2014

States Fear 'Power Grab' By EPA In Chesapeake Bay Cleanup Effort

Attorneys general in 21 states are fighting to block Environmental Protection Agency pollution limits designed to improve the health of the Chesapeake Bay, fearing the Obama administration will use that authority to regulate wetlands in their states.

The attorneys general filed an amicus brief earlier this month in support of the American Farm Bureau Federation's challenge to the cleanup plan, which aims to reduce pollutants and get the bay up to federal clean-water standards by 2025, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported.

The states argue that the effort is "the culmination of (the EPA's) decade-long attempt to control exactly how states achieve federal water quality requirements under the (Clean Water Act), and marks the beginning of the end of meaningful state participation in water pollution regulation."

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5 comments:

Anonymous said...

they only want agenda 21 when it works in their favor. when its a federal grab they are against it.
how convenient

Anonymous said...

get the epa and all its minions out of Wicomico county and off the eastern shore. enough is enough. and if we have bleeding heart leaders here in Wicomico county; get rid of them asap.

Anonymous said...

Have said in the past,enviromentalists control this state.

Anonymous said...

and if we have bleeding heart leaders here in Wicomico county; get rid of them asap.

February 28, 2014 at 4:58 PM

what do you mean 'if'? the ones that are not conservative and holding everyone back is a liberal.

Anonymous said...

Power = Money! That's all they want. Billions, upon billions of WASTED dollars. Nothing to show for it.