Home Builders Group is Newest Opponent to EPA's 'Pollution Diet' for Chesapeake Bay
The National Association of Home Builders has joined several other organizations opposed to new standards set by the EPA to regulate pollution in the Chesapeake Bay.
A national home builders’ lobbying firm has thrown its hat into the ring of organizations opposed to a federal action that seeks to limit Chesapeake Bay pollution. Earlier this year, the Environmental Protection Agency set a limit on the amount of nitrogen and phosphorous pollution that will be allowed in the bay. The Total Maximum Daily Load has been commonly called a “pollution diet.” EPA officials said they hope this new rule book for pollution will be a road map to cleaning up the bay. In April, a host of agricultural organizations, including the American Farm Bureau Federation and the Pennsylvania Farm Bureau, joined together in filing a lawsuit against the EPA to block these changes. The National Association of Home Builders is the …
Peter Maier
4:07 pm on Saturday, July 2, 2011
In stead of pointing fingers at each other, I wish they all would read the Clean Water Act (CWA) and studies what sewage is and how it impacts open waters. If they would, they will find out that EPA never implemented the CWA, due to a faulty pollution test and ignored 60% of the water pollution, Congress intended to ‘treat’. And even tough EPA acknowledged the problems caused by this essential … more ›