EPA RULING FAILS TO CLARIFY CRITERIA FOR FLEXIBLE STATE ENFORCEMENT

August 7, 2006
EPA's recent decision allowing Massachusetts to redirect federal enforcement money towards an innovative enforcement program may not provide guidance to other states seeking similar flexibility, because the decision does not provide criteria for determining whether or how innovative efforts are considered equivalent to traditional enforcement initiatives, state sources say. Region I Administrator Robert Varney last month issued a letter to Massachusetts environment chief Robert Golledge explaining the agency's earlier decision -- recommended by enforcement chief Granta Nakayama -- allowing Massachusetts...


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