Group seeks EPA role in Vermont water regulation

The Conservation Law Foundation renewed its request Wednesday that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency take over the job of regulating water pollution in Vermont on grounds the state Agency of Natural Resources is failing to get the job done."The state is not protecting clean water in the way that Congress and the EPA require, so the state shouldn't be able to take millions of dollars of taxpayer money for those programs," said Chris Kilian, head of CLF's Vermont office. Vermont is one of a number of states to which the EPA has delegated enforcement of the Clean Water Act. The state receives an estimated $6 million a year to do the job.

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