The Environmental Protection Agency estimates that more than 120 million Americans live in areas where the air is unhealthy. The Bush administration developed a plan called the Clear Skies initiative and submitted it to Congress in February 2003 as a proposal to amend the Clean Air Act, which is the primary federal law governing air quality. But "Clear Skies" is a clear misnomer, because if Congress passes the Clear Skies bill, the result will be to weaken and delay health protections already required under the law (The White House 2007).
The Department of Water Works has a Wellhead Protection management plan in place that protects all its public wells. The Plan consists of: managing potential sources of contamination that includes an inventory database of all hazardous chemicals store within Wellhead Protections Areas, monitoring compliance, record keeping, identifying abandoned wells, monitoring use of pesticides, notifying property owners in the Wellhead Protection Areas,......
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