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On the recordJanuary 21, 2015
Local organizations instead enforce the law with the result today that all three utilities in our State are cleaning up every water-filled riverfront coal ash lagoon they operate in the State.
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Frank Pallone
Democratic · New Jersey
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Pallone highlights local organizations' success in enforcing environmental laws against utilities.

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