Adam Putnam Joins Call for EPA to Rescind Numeric Nutrient Criteria

Like Gov. Rick Scott, Florida Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam wants the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to rescind its January 2009 determination that numeric nutrient criteria are necessary in Florida.

Putnam wrote a letter Tuesday to EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson expressing his support for the petition to that end, submitted Friday by the Florida Department of Environmental Protection. The petition wants rulemaking authority for nutrients returned to the state.

The petition submitted by DEP maintains that Florida has already established the framework of accountability to address and enforce nutrient reductions in its own impaired waters.

See the full text of Putnam's letter to the EPA attached below.
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