Environmentalists Challenge Epa Change That Allows Florida To Control Wetlands Development

Jim Saunders, South Florida Sun-Sentinel
Fri, 01/15/2021 - 9:46am

A coalition of environmental groups have sued to prevent a new EPA rule from going into effect, saying that by allowing Florida to manage the permit process for wetlands development, the EPA "is lowering the bar to allow a state, for the first time, to run the federal wetlands program without meeting federal standards.”

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Environmentalists Challenge Epa Change That Allows Florida To Control Wetlands Development

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