A new ruling from the Environmental Protection Agency is giving Florida a power it hasn't granted to any state in over 25 years.
A new ruling from the Environmental Protection Agency is giving Florida a power it hasn't granted to any state in over 25 years.
COMMITMENT TO RAISINGAWARENESS OF THE ENVIRONMENTALISSUES YOU CARE ABOUT..
ISSUESTHAT INCLUDE FLORIDA'SWETLANDS AND WATERWAYS.
A NEWRULING FROM THE ENVIRONMENTALPROTECTION AGENCY IS NOWGIVING FLORIDA A POWER FEWSTATES HAVE.
AND AS DEREK LOWEREPORTS..
ITS CREATINGQUESTIONS ON JUST WHO SHOUMANAGE A KEY RESOURCE.<< 5:15 REP.
TOBY OVERDORF,DISTRICT 83 REP.
IT'S A HUGEDECISION, MONUMENTAL IN THATTHE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ISSAYING YES, YOU CAN OVERSEEOUR PROGRAM.
FOR THE FIRSTTIME IN A QUARTER CENTURY -THE THE ENVIRONMENTALPROTECTION AGENCY IS PASSINGDOWN A PERMITTING AUTHORITYUNDER THE CLEAN WATER ACT TOTHE STATE OF FLORIDA.
5:52TOBY IT GIVES US ANOPPORTUNITY AS THE STATE OFFLORIDA TO REALLY HAVE SOMEGREAT DIRECTION WHERE WEREALLY WANT OUR PERMITTING TOGO.
A MOVE LIKELY TO CREATEDEBATE ON JUST WHO SHOULD BEOVERSEEING A CRITICAL RESOURCEIN OUR STATE... OUR WATERWAYS.STATE REPRESENTATIVE TOBYOVERDORF SAYS THE E-P-A MOVEWILL BRING MORE EFFIENCY INISSUING PERMITS... ANDSTRINGENT REGULATIONS WIREMAIN IN PLACE.
18:29 EVESAMPLES, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR,FRIENDS OF THE EVERGLADES ITHINK WE NEED TO CONSIDER THELONG- TERM IMPACTS... EVESAMPLES SAYS THIS DECISIONCOULD COME AT A COST..SAMPLES... THE EXECUTIVEDIRECTOR OF THE FRIENDS OF THEEVERGLADES ORGANIZATION BASEIN STUART... WORRIES WHAT ISNEXT.
26:26 EVE IF WE LOOKBACK TO 2018 AND 2016 OURWATERWAYS WERE LITERALLY GREENON THE TREASURE COAST.
SHESAYS DEVELOPED WETLANDS WILLREDUCE FLOOD CONTROL... 25:21EVE WE'RE CONCERNED THAT THEDEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTALPROTECTION WHICH WILL OVERSEETHIS NOW DOES NOT HAVEADEQUATE MANPOWER TO POLICETHE WETLANDS PERMIT ASRIGOROUSLY AS THE FEDERALGOVERNMENT DID.
AND THECOSYSTEMS COULD POTENTIALLYSUFFER.
7:58 TOBY TO THEDETRACTORS, I THINK IT'SSOMETHING THAT WE NEED.
WENEED PEOPLE THAT ARE SKEPTICALTHAT LOOK OVER THESE TYPES OFTHINGS AND SAY LOOK I'M NOTSURE ABOUT THIS... LL TAG: THEEPA'S DECISION NOW HAS OURSTATE JOINING MICHIGAN AND NEWJERSEY AS THE ONLY STATE IN THECOUNTRY WITH THIS AUTHORITY.
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