I didn't want to be the person looking back 10 years from now and saying the EPA missed it.
That is the way Congress set it up.
This country really does need to focus on integrated planning.
I think we need all of the above, local, State, and Federal Government. We all have a role to play.
I think it is absolutely true.
we think about environmental protection every single day.
if you keep changing the rules of the game, how are cities and States supposed to plan their affairs accordingly?
I do sense the frustration if the goalposts keep moving.
the Clean Water Act was passed in 1972 to be a partnership between the Federal Government and State governments
We committed to developing a certain set of rules.
Yes. That is, in fact, the touchstone of our national action plan, is to take a holistic view of all the----
We need a real action plan that treats this issue with the urgency and importance it needs.
I have no plans to open up the Everglades for further development, but that really is a local and State issue.
I am actually spending a lot of time and energy on excess nutrients in surface water.
Well, we are actually moving quickly on--one is the first action plan across multimedia offices that the Agency has ever...
Yes. Where we have exposure and we know the toxicological profile of the chemicals, yes, there are communities that are ...
Yeah, to the people who are exposed, yes.
Yes, that is correct.
