Feinstein Bill Floats EPA-Led Bid To Cut Mexico Border Water Pollution

摘要

Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) is offering legislation that would put EPA in charge of joint federal and state efforts to cut water pollution that flows into the United States from Mexico, touting it as the solution to long-standing "confusion" over who is responsible for addressing the contamination. Feinstein on My 29 released the text of her "Border Water Quality Restoration and Protection Act," which would make EPA "the lead agency to address border pollution along the U.S.-Mexico Border" and specifically task it with addressing water pollution in the New River and Tijuana River, both of which flow from Mexico into California. "Toxic pollution continues to flow from Mexico into the United States because no federal agency has taken charge to meaningfully address the issue despite decades of problems," Feinstein said in her announcement. "This bill would finally end the confusion and put the EPA in charge of fixing the problem. It would require the EPA to work with federal, state and local agencies to develop and build the necessary infrastructure projects to stop the pollution and protect the health and safety of California's border communities."