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EPA can’t regulate livestock waste without basic information

August 3, 2012 in The Daily Republic

While water-quality experts cite livestock waste as a major polluter, EPA hasn’t used Clean Water Act to regulate it.
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Reed Hopper, Sacramento, Calif., column: Clean Water Act can generate toxic consequences

July 21, 2012 in Grand Forks Herald

The proposed rules reach so far into state and local waters that one has to wonder whether the Army Corps of Engineers is exceeding its authority again. Continue Reading

Supporters in Colorado back EPA clean water plan

July 26, 2011 in Grand Forks Herald

Jim Martin, the EPA’s administrator for six western states, says Supreme Court decisions have created confusion over what is a U.S. waterway under the act and what falls under the jurisdiction of states. Continue Reading