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FME Law Sues US EPA on behalf of the Occoquan Watershed Coalition

July 27th, 2012 | Author:
Today[July 25, 2012] the Free-Market Environmental Law Clinic files suit representing the Occoquan Watershed Coalition (OWC ) against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The OWC alleges that EPA has violated the Tenth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution by imposing a water quantity standard on Virginia and Fairfax County that will cost as much as $225 million. If the County is forced to spend that much money on a single watershed, it will mean not one of the other 29 watersheds in the County will receive funds for their restoration, including the eight watersheds in the OWC’s territory. (read more)
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