Tuesday, January 8, 2013

Judge Stops EPA From Limiting Nonpollutants

The government need not regulate the degree to which nonpollutants, even those that act as pollutant surrogates, flow into polluted bodies of water, a federal judge ruled.
     Accotink Creek, a 25-mile long tributary of the Potomac River, is an "impaired" river monitored by the Environmental Protection Agency for water-quality issues.
     The EPA identified the creek as having an unhealthy benthic community, meaning that the bottom-dwelling organisms from the creek are not as numerous as they should be.

Read more: http://www.courthousenews.com/2013/01/07/53688.htm

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