EPA Proposes Freshwater Nutrient Limits for Florida. By Taryn Luntx, Greenwire, January 15, 2010. "U.S. EPA proposed pollution standards for nutrients in Florida waters, the first such proposal for any state. The EPA proposal sets limits on nitrogen and phosphorous for freshwater lakes, rivers, streams, springs and canals. The agency said it would propose a rule for estuaries and other coastal waters in January 2011... Environmental groups praised the proposal aimed at curbing nutrients that can foul drinking water and fuel algal blooms that deplete dissolved oxygen necessary for aquatic life. 'The numbers are pretty good,' said David Guest, an attorney for Earthjustice, which sued EPA for the standards last year. But industry groups say complying with the standards will cost billions of dollars and disrupt work already under way in the state to curb nutrient pollution."
2010-01-20
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