EPA?EUR??,,????'???s New Ruling Helps

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has decided it will not demand small firms to comply with last year?EUR??,,????'???s federal Phase II storm water program regulations designed to curb pollution from storm water run-off. Small construction and landscape construction firms now no longer have to file the same state paperwork with an EPA office in Washington. The EPA?EUR??,,????'???s decision was based on the comments and concerns of small construction and development companies that additional federal permitting would duplicate and possibly conflict with existing state and local water run-off regulations and permitting requirements. The representatives recommended that the EPA focus on better enforcement of existing rules and, and improvements in state and local permitting systems.