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What is not being reported is the amazing work of the Office of Water and the Agency and the regional offices every single day.

Absolutely. The Clean Water Act has been very, very successful, but there is certainly a lot more work the States and the Federal Government need to do.

For the chemicals that we have the toxicological profiles on, yes, those are some of the health concerns that we have identified.

It is our responsibility, our obligation, rather than locking that resource into a ground, into the ground and deep water injection and never using it, is to take a look at water use for the drought-starved portions of the country.

I think we need all of the above, local, State, and Federal Government. We all have a role to play.

I didn't want to be the person looking back 10 years from now and saying the EPA missed it.

This country really does need to focus on integrated planning.

That is the way Congress set it up.

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?

We need a real action plan that treats this issue with the urgency and importance it needs.

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

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.

We committed to developing a certain set of rules.

Well, we are actually moving quickly on--one is the first action plan across multimedia offices that the Agency has ever developed.