Mixed Stormwater and Sewage Overflows Not Tracked, Groups Warn

[donsu]

http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/feb2006/2006-02-17-09.asp#anchor3


The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is not tracking hundreds of U.S. cities and other local governments that are failing to comply with Clean Water Act rules governing combined sewer overflows, according to a letter signed by 27 citizens groups and sent to the agency earlier this week.

The Environmental Integrity Project (EIP) and 26 other groups say the overflows of mixed sewage and stormwater pose threats to public health and degrade lakes, streams, rivers and other bodies of water.

The groups are urging EPA to take immediate action to “make the compliance data it has publicly available and take enforcement actions against municipalities in violation of the Clean Water Act.”

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For example, the letter points out that the EPA conducted a Combined Sewer Overflow Statistically-Valid Noncompliance Rate Study in 2002 and 2004. Although EPA posted the final results of its 2004 study, it did not include facility-specific data. Because this information is also not in ECHO, the public must resort to lengthy Freedom of Information Act battles to obtain city-specific information.
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in other words - the bushmilhousegang is making it harder and harder to even find out what is toxic in your area.

and the report writers are bullied, etc. into writing whatever the bushmilhousegang wants them to.

bottom line - toxic newborns

contaminated deformed seafood, salt and fresh.

contaminated drinking water

etc.

or we can pretend science doesn't matter and that what we can't see won't hurt us

[Karenina]

1. No interest?

:shrug:

[rucky]

3. Just a case of outrage fatigue.

it's been quite a week.

[Karenina]

4. Indeed, it has...

:hug:

[Wilms]

2. Just thinking about this yesterday.

We had some rain. :(