Feb 19 2010
EPA’s Proposed Water Pollution Regulations meets Opposition
EPA gets earful about proposed water pollution rules
BY CURTIS MORGAN
cmorgan@MiamiHerald.com
The EPA asked for feedback on proposed water pollution regulations — and it got an earful from utilities, farmers and critics who call the rules flawed and costly.
Citrus growers, cattle ranchers, sugar farmers and utility operators told federal environmental regulators Thursday that they are all for keeping rivers and lakes clean, but they don’t want to go broke doing it.
Ephraim King, director of EPA’s office of science and technology in Washington, “I think they create the impression in the minds of many Floridians that you have to make a choice between the economy and clean water. You don’t.”
