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Repeated Violations, Little Enforcement and Paltry Fines for Clean Water Act Violators
- "Fifty seven percent of all major U.S. industrial and municipal facilities discharged more pollution into U.S. waterways than allowed by law at least once during 2005. The average facility exceeded its pollution permit limit by 263 percent, discharging close to four times the legal limit. The 3600 major facilities exceeding their permit limits reported more than 24,400 exceedances of their Clean Water Act permits in 2005. This means that many facilities exceeded their permits more than once and for more than one pollutant." - excerpt from the press release of U.S. PIRG, a federation of non-partisan, state Public Interest Research Groups.
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