RSSDems aim to expand water pollution controls
From: The Washington Times | December 4, 2009
With the deletion of a single word from the Clean Water Act, some leading Democratic lawmakers are angling to greatly expand the federal government's authority to regulate water pollution. The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee in June quietly approved legislation dropping the adjective "navigable" to describe the bodies of water covered under the 1972 law, vastly expanding its scope and prompting a lobbying campaign from business groups that fear the small editorial change would cost jobs during economic hard times. The federal government regulates lakes and rivers large enough for ship traffic, but if the word "navigable" is deleted, ...
Dems aim to expand water pollution controls
From: The Washington Times | December 4, 2009
With the deletion of a single word from the Clean Water Act, some leading Democratic lawmakers are angling to greatly expand the federal government’s authority to regulate water pollution. The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee in June quietly approved legislation dropping the adjective “navigable” to describe the bodies of water covered under the 1972 law, vastly expanding its scope and prompting a lobbying campaign from business groups that fear the small editorial change would cost jobs during economic hard times. The federal government regulates lakes and rivers large enough for ship traffic, but if the word “navigable” is deleted, …
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