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Mike Levin: Is it understood that the Environmental Protection Agency has the discretion to define ``threat to public health'' and…

On the recordOctober 12, 2000
Is it understood that the Environmental Protection Agency has the discretion to define ``threat to public health'' and ``urgent case'' as those terms are applied to the exceptions? Further, is it understood that the EPA has the discretion to define ``properly considered.''
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Mike Levin
Democratic · California

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Questioning the discretion of the EPA in defining terms related to public health.

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