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| 2006-03-23 | |
| When drafting the Clean Water Act in 1972, legislators set the goals of making all U.S. waterways fishable and swimmable by 1983 and eliminating the discharge of pollutants into the nation’s waterways by 1985. More than 30 years later, we are far from realizing the Clean Water Act’s original vision. | |
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| 2005-12-02 | |
| The Toxics Release Inventory program is under attack. | |
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| 2004-03-05 | |
| New Jersey’s waters, like all states, are protected by the broad protections of the Clean Water Act of 1972. The impetus for the act, and its most well-known application, was to clean up some of the nation’s most polluted waterways. However, it also granted broad protections to waterways that were not polluted, called anti-degradation protections. | |
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| 2004-02-17 | |
| The plant has had a history of problems since it was opened in 1969. | |
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| 2003-04-09 | |
| Many of New Jersey’s most pristine waterways face the risk of contamination from rapidly expanding development. | |
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| 2002-04-12 | |
| From coast to coast, EPA has been unable clean up Superfund sites. | |
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| 2002-03-20 | |
| New Jersey's anti-degradation laws need to be updated and strengthened. | |
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| 2002-01-08 | |
| Chlorinating tap water is a critical public health measure that saves thousands of lives each year by reducing the incidence of waterborne disease. But chlorination is no substitute for cleaning up America’s waters. | |
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| 2001-03-03 | |
| NJPIRG Law and Policy Center’s report New Jersey’s Watershed Health Report Card: The Case for a Stronger Clean Water Program, written by Clean Water Advocate Dena Mottola, presents data from the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) documenting that New Jersey has failed to restore and protect the health of its rivers and streams. | |
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