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Paul Tonko: Now for the first time we have minimum federal requirements that set a floor of public health and environmental…

On the recordMarch 17, 2015
Now for the first time we have minimum federal requirements that set a floor of public health and environmental protections.
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Paul Tonko
Democratic · New York

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Tonko emphasizes the importance of federal standards for coal ash disposal.

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