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Grace Napolitano: “I know years ago they came to me because they were being asked to comply with the runoff to the ocean, and they felt…”

On the recordJuly 24, 2012
I know years ago they came to me because they were being asked to comply with the runoff to the ocean, and they felt that it was very hard for the cities to be able to keep sacred stuff from going to the ocean and then be fined by EPA, so they came to some agreement in that area.
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Grace Napolitano
Democratic · California

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Napolitano discusses challenges cities face with EPA regulations on runoff.

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