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byeya

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14. No, probably not. The EPA has jurisdiction over wetlands if the lands in question meet the new

Reply to DallasNE (Reply #11)

Mon Apr 8, 2013, 06:32 PM

Apr 2013

standards from the 2006 Supreme Court decision. I don't know about the wet lands in question here but I think it's appropriate for the EPA to push as hard as the agency can to monitor and direct the cleanup.
In other words, Do it until and unless a higher authority says you can't.

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Thanks DallasNE Apr 2013 #11

No, probably not. The EPA has jurisdiction over wetlands if the lands in question meet the new byeya Apr 2013 #14

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