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Alan Simpson: The point is that they become navigable waters at some point. If they are being polluted by waters that are controlled…

On the recordJune 1, 2012
The point is that they become navigable waters at some point. If they are being polluted by waters that are controlled by the States, eventually the State is going to have to say, You know what, we have got to get control of this; otherwise, we're going to have problems downstream.
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Alan Simpson
Wyoming
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Jun 1, 2012

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