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To: Wharf Rat who wrote (208532)	4/27/2011 4:01:36 PM
From: T L Comiskey	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 362358

U.S. judge blasts state on Everglades restoration; says 'whole situation sliding backwards' By CHRISTINE STAPLETON Palm Beach Post Posted: 2:03 p.m. Tuesday, April 26, 2011 The federal judge presiding over a contentious Everglades restoration lawsuit took a swipe at Gov. Rick Scott's water quality policy Tuesday and announced his intention to strip to Florida environmental regulators of their role in enforcing the Clean Water Act and return those powers to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. U.S. District Judge Alan S. Gold issued a harsh, 117-page ruling to clarify the scathing 48-page ruling he issued in April 2010, in which he accused the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Florida Department of Environmental Protection and South Florida Water Management District of failing to enforce the Clean Water Act. Gold's ruling was the latest action in a 2004 lawsuit filed by the Miccosukee Indians, who live in the Everglades, and the non-profit Friends of the Everglades, Both are pressing the state and federal governments to enforce the law and move ahead with the restoration. The case is on appeal to the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals. However, Gold said if the appeals court sends the case back to his court, he will strip the state DEP of its authority to issue permits under the Clean Water Act and turn over those responsibilities in Florida to the federal environmental agency. Normally, the EPA delegates enforcement to the state agency. Gold blasted the state agency and the water management district for "not being true stewards of protecting the Everglades in recent years" and offered several examples.