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Supreme Court Hears Arguments On Costs of Clean Water Act
By Courtney Lowery, 12-02-08
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The U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments today about whether cost should be a factor for power plants in conforming to the Clean Water Act.
At issue is the use how the billions of gallons of water plants use for cooling effect fish and whether or not 554 older plants should be forced to upgrade their systems to match the mandates for new plants. The Bush administration, the EPA and the power plants are seeking to overturn an earlier ruling in a circuit court that sided with the six states and several environmental groups that challenged the Bush administration’s stance, arguing that plants should have to upgrade, despite the cost of those upgrades.
Some, however, were hoping the issue would be cleared up by the incoming Obama administration, which is expected to restore water quality regulations after nearly a decade of weakening.
More on the story:
Associated Press: Court Weighs Power PlantcCosts vs. Protecting Fish
National Public Radio: High Court Case Tests Power Plants’ Water Rules
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Comments
By contacting Senator Reid or Rep. Polosi the notice will be affective enough to get the rules again where they should be. Do it you won't regret it.
This is a prime example of a bill gone severely wrong.