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THE SENATE IS EXPECTED TO REVIEW THE FOLLOWING FIVE - OUT OF 18 - RIDERS TO THE HOUSE APPROPRIATIONS PROPOSAL TO REVAMP THE EPA:

  • By Amy Kaslow

THE SENATE IS EXPECTED TO REVIEW THE FOLLOWING FIVE - OUT OF 18 - RIDERS TO THE HOUSE APPROPRIATIONS PROPOSAL TO REVAMP THE EPA:

* Halting enforcement of cleaner standards for the Great Lakes, which supplies drinking water to 23 million Americans.

* Limiting action or enforcement of clean-water standards relating to storm-water pollution which could contaminate rivers, lakes, and streams.

* Restricting enforcement of rules keeping raw sewage off beaches and out of waterways.

* Curtailing protection from toxic air pollutants generated by all oil refineries. Some 4.5 million people in California, Texas, New Jersey, Louisiana, Pennsylvania, and other states live near these facilities.

* Restricting what the EPA considers ''safe levels'' for pesticides allowed on food.

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