Environmental groups say the EPA has failed to update limits on the discharge of some dangerous chemicals into waterways. Most of the worst polluters are in Texas. Texas pollution EPA environmental EnvironmentalIssues
, which regulate the amount of harmful chemicals that can be dumped into rivers, lakes and streams. The groups claim the current standards haven’t been updated in decades, which violates the Clean Water Act.
Pollution standards for these industries were last updated 30, sometimes nearly 40 years ago, according to a letter sent by the organizations to EPA Administrator Michael Regan.
“It’s really time for the EPA to do its job and require these plants to install modern wastewater-treatment controls and bring them into the 21st century,” she said. by the Environmental Integrity Project examined the records of 81 refineries across the U.S. and found that an estimated 60,000 pounds of selenium were discharged into waterways in 2021, along with 10,000 pounds of nickel; close to 16 million pounds of nitrogen; and 1.
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