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On the recordJuly 23, 2014
So I guess my fundamental question, Mr. Poltak, is if the EPA is willing to do it for the communities that I have cited, and I am sure there are others, why is it that there is not the capacity to do it for other communities?
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Timothy H. Bishop
New York

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Bishop questions the EPA's selective discretion in permitting for different communities.

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