EPA Could Suspend Any Law Governing Air, Water, Land In Responding To Katrina...

EPA Could Suspend Any Law Governing Air, Water, Land In Responding To Katrina...

The Environmental Protection Agency could suspend any law governing air, water or land in responding to Hurricane Katrina under a measure introduced Thursday by the chairman of the Senate environment committee.

The legislation, which drew immediate criticism from environmental groups, would create a 120-day period in which the agency's administrator, Stephen L. Johnson, could waive or modify laws if it became "necessary to respond in a timely and effective manner" to a situation created by the storm.

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