2005 CPEO Brownfields List Archive

From: Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>
Date: 17 Sep 2005 00:40:59 -0000
Reply: cpeo-brownfields
Subject: [CPEO-BIF] Inhofe proposes suspension of environmental rules
 
Bill Would Let E.P.A. Relax Rules for Cleanup

By MICHAEL JANOFSKY
New York Times
September 16, 2005

WASHINGTON, Sept. 15 - The Environmental Protection Agency could suspend any law governing air, water or land in responding to Hurricane Katrina under a measure introduced Thursday by the chairman of the Senate environment committee.

The legislation, which drew immediate criticism from environmental groups, would create a 120-day period in which the agency's administrator, Stephen L. Johnson, could waive or modify laws if it became "necessary to respond in a timely and effective manner" to a situation created by the storm.

The proposal would allow changes in law at the discretion of the Bush administrator in consultation with the governor of "any affected state."

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For the entire article, see
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/16/national/nationalspecial/16enviro.html

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