EPA prepares to wade into the Bay-Delta

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has announced ?an information-gathering process on how the EPA and the State of California can achieve water quality and aquatic resource protection goals? in the California Bay-Delta. EPA is not proposing any new regulations yet, but it is seeking public comment on what it might do to address water quality conditions in the Bay-Delta that affect aquatic species. It is considering not just regulatory changes, but changes in ?enforcement, research, revisions in water quality standards, etc.?
(The Federal Register notice is here, and EPA?s longer ?unabridged? version, which ... More >Software Pencil Pen