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Carter Must Sink Projects or Scuttle Water Policy
Washington The first real bloodletting of the Carter administration came last year when the president released a hit list of canceled water projects in home districts. Two bills for billions for new dams and canals face Congress as the House approved a $10.1 billion water appropriations bill. Critics say the measures gut Carter’s reform by funding projects with negative cost benefits and rolling back independent reviews, while political clout keeps some contested items intact.
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Michael Isikoff
Washington
Carter
Capitol Hill
Congress
House
Kaskaskia River
Fulton
Mississippi River
Louisville Lake
Little Wabash River
Kaskaskia Canal
Corps
Kaskaskia
Illinois
Peabody Coal Co
Tug Fork
W. Va
Jennings Randolph
Environment and Public Works Committee
Robert Byrd
Senate
Leo Eisel
Water Resources Council
Colorado
Oklahoma
Louisiana
Kentucky
Gulfport Harbor
Mississippi
Gulf of Mexico
E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co
Downstate