Waste Generator Briefs.(Briefs)
Waste News, September, 2004
Construction N.Y., Conn. sue EPA over water dispute Attorneys General Eliot Spitzer of New York and Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut have filed a federal lawsuit challenging the decision of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency not to issue national standards for stormwater pollution discharges from construction sites.
"Dirty runoff from construction sites is one of the largest sources of water pollution,'' Spitzer said in a statement, adding that sediment and pollutants such as oils, pesticides and heavy metals can impair drinking water reservoirs, lakes and rivers and coastal waters. In June 2002, under a court order, the EPA proposed guidelines for stormwater pollution from the construction and development industry. But the agency...
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