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com - EPA exempts wood products industry from runoff rule - June 14, 2000 wysiwyg:H17/http ://www. cnn . com/2000/NATURE/06/ 14/epa. runoff. ap/index . hftni <br /> IF <br /> 111G lU1G 1J1U1JUJGl1 1QJL PlUgUJL LUL1U111U6 JLQLQ3 LU JUU1111L dplculJ LU ulval1 Uji GVGly MW _ <br /> waterway that fails to meet quality standards for fishing, drinking and <br /> Ill F <br /> swimming, among other categories . <br /> Subscribeto o6eof our. t` ' <br /> news :e mall ; llsts <br /> Enter your address : EPA estimates more than 20 , 000 streams and lakes don't meet water-qualIF FFII . Nity I <br /> IF <br /> standards , or about 40 percent of all lakes , rivers and streams in the nation . <br /> '1 go IF <br /> Fri I <br /> IF IF <br /> IF IF I <br /> FA IF : <br /> States would be required to say how much pollution should be allowed from <br /> For IF <br /> indirect sources such as farmers or parking lot owner <br /> . .Get a free a =mall account p g s who send polluted <br /> IF runoff into streams . <br /> meT IF <br /> ss gellboards Landowners would be required to get a pollution discharge permit if the EPA <br /> I IF <br /> `chatIF found they were contributing to nearby water quality problems and if a state <br /> feedback , had failed to draft an adequate plan for improving water quality. <br /> �Z ' IF Forest said under the Forestry g ou s p rule , private landowners would need an EPA <br /> permit to cut down or even plant trees . The expensive and time -consuming <br /> atlpI�tEs ., process would put some small forestry practices out of business , the groups <br /> Asiallow said . <br /> " En Espanol IF IF <br /> IF P .I <br /> Em Portugues Fox said 99 percent of forestry operations would not have been affected . Only <br /> Svenska a few problem polluters would have been required to get EPA permits , he said. <br /> IF <br /> Nor e; I IF <br /> Danmark Opposition also came from states like Washington and Oregon, which already <br /> ItalianIF F <br /> IF I IF regulate private forestry lands and say new regulatory tools are not needed . <br /> i <br /> ` Sen . Blanche Lincoln , D -Ark. , sponsored le islation to exempt the forestry <br /> eurone g p <br /> IF industry from the rule . Other lawmakers hope to derail the rest of the proposal <br /> ` a an IF <br /> before it takes effect . <br /> Copyright 2000 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may <br /> Go TIF o ♦ not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. <br /> a ' <br /> IF <br /> 0 ` <br /> CIINTER►A'IONAL RELATED STORIESI IF <br /> IF <br /> IF <br /> more networksIF <br /> Kyoto provision : Spare the forests , boost the <br /> It <br /> ranscriptsIF economy <br /> i <br /> It <br /> FF : F IF <br /> June 9 , 2000 <br /> l2 EPA says U . S . economy depends on clean water <br /> conI IF <br /> tenfs June 9 , 2000 <br /> searchIll + ; i Environmental groups list best , cleanest U S <br /> a Info beaches <br /> LobI IF <br /> I IF <br /> 19 , 2000 <br /> Forest Service roadless plan is a detour , say criticsIF <br /> May 10 , 2000 <br /> RELATED SITES , <br /> H , ;, il.bnii <br /> �` � 01lZo." The United States Environmental Protection Agency <br /> BARKE3016 ' LE :a _ <br /> Northwest Forestry Association <br /> AI A� A • C� AMAA \ \ / III A \.� AM ■ N A NA \ � / I+ MA\ � / AAM • a / \ NwI A\ � / ' <br />