So as Senator Vitter points out, you can very easily get to these very high numbers if you are in an area of significant risk.
the average delivery time is 14 years from start to finish.
To this pro-business conservative Republican, that seems absurd.
This is a national issue, be assured. We might be feeling it first.
EPA recently determined, without State input, that it will assess Bay Watershed States' animal feeding operation standards and has indicated...
I am concerned, however, that Federal officials and environmental groups are not holding up their end of the bargain.
It is no secret that taking on incredibly complex restoration efforts--whether in the Chesapeake Bay, Louisiana, or elsewhere--requires coop...
I think doing that, using Lautenberg-Vitter as a base, resolving those issues, clarifying everything we can, it won't get rid of all of our ...
I think this is a great example of one of those clarifications.
I want to particularly highlight the testimony of two folks who were in charge of this exact set of rules and regulations in law at the EPA.
In no way, shape or form did Frank and I intend this legislation to eliminate private rights of action under State tort law.