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Federal
Judge Rules Los Angeles Violates Clean Water Laws
...In court documents, Baykeeper,
which was joined in the suit by the federal Environmental Protection
Agency, the Los Angeles Regional Water Quality Control Board
and several community groups, contends that the city has a "chronic,
continuing and unacceptable number of spills from its sewage
collection system." From 1993 to January 2002, according
to documents, the city reported 3,000 spills from its pipes.
"This isn't a third-world city. We
should be able to do a lot better," said Fran B. Diamond,
chairman of the regional water quality board.
 Mayor
Hahn says that L.A. is a Mexican city, remember? |
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