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White House urges easing sewage treatment rules
The Reagan administration reinterprets the Clean Water Act to let municipalities scale back sewage treatment, potentially saving 4 to 10 billion in costs. EPA officials warn more organic pollutants could enter waters, but say fish habitats and recreation would not be endangered.
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Lindsey Gruson
New York Times Service
New York
General Accounting Office
Robert G. Hampston
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
Reagan
Paul Schuette
EPA
Richard L. Caspe
David Pickman
New England
Connecticut
Boston
Richard Newman
State Department of Environmental Conservation