A long fought battle - four years of litigation against the EPA and the State of Florida. I know there will probably be appeals, if for no other reason than to delay, delay, delay. But I'll celebrate anyway with a Smuttynose IPA and thumb my nose at the Bush administration's Environmental Prevention Agency.
Federal Judge Alan Gold today found against the EPA and Florida's Legislature in their attempt to again delay compliance with the Clean Water Act to reduce phosphorus pollution levels. A 1994 Florida law pushed out the deadline of 2002 to 2006. Then in 2003 Florida got approval from EPA to push the deadline out to 2016!
"Federal law does not authorize anything like a twenty-two year compliance schedule..."
Congratulations to the Miccosukee Tribe and the Friends of the Everglades!
Press release on their website here: http://www.everglades.org/pressrelease.html
Federal Judge Alan Gold today found against the EPA and Florida's Legislature in their attempt to again delay compliance with the Clean Water Act to reduce phosphorus pollution levels. A 1994 Florida law pushed out the deadline of 2002 to 2006. Then in 2003 Florida got approval from EPA to push the deadline out to 2016!
"Federal law does not authorize anything like a twenty-two year compliance schedule..."
Congratulations to the Miccosukee Tribe and the Friends of the Everglades!
Press release on their website here: http://www.everglades.org/pressrelease.html
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