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Ed Whitfield: If that's true, why did it take the EPA 16 years to take some action?

On the recordMarch 23, 2011
If that's true, why did it take the EPA 16 years to take some action?
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Ed Whitfield
Republican · Kentucky

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Questioning the delay in EPA action regarding Texas's flexible permits.

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