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Lisa Murkowski: “I fail to see what grounds the EPA might have for asserting that dredge or fill generated by a hypothetical mine... is…”

On the recordMay 15, 2012
I fail to see what grounds the EPA might have for asserting that dredge or fill generated by a hypothetical mine... is any different from dredge or fill material generated by any other hypothetical development.
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Lisa Murkowski
Republican · Alaska

Editor's note · Context

Murkowski questions the EPA's rationale for differentiating between types of development.

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