WaterNews for February 26, 1998

WaterNews is a weekly on-line publication that announces publications, policies, and activities of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Office of Water.

"Tonight, I ask you to join me in launching a new Clean Water Initiative, a far-reaching effort to clean our rivers, our lakes, our coastal waters for our children."

President Clinton
State of the Union, January 27, 1998

On February 19, President Clinton and Vice President Gore unveiled the new Clean Water Action Plan in Baltimore, Maryland. To carry out the initiative, the President's proposed budget includes $568 million in new resources in FY 1999 and a total increase of $2.3 billion over five years. The Action Plan will protect public health and restore the nation's rivers, lakes, streams and coasts by setting strong goals and providing states, communities, and farmers the tools and resources to achieve them. The Action Plan calls for more than 100 major new actions to restore and protect water resources.

The Clean Water Action Plan and the remarks of President Clinton and Vice President Gore are posted on the Internet at http://www.epa.gov/history/topics/cwa/03.htm. Copies of the publication may be ordered from EPA's clearinghouse, the National Center for Environmental Publications and Information, P.O. Box 42419, Cincinnati, Ohio 45242; 1-800-490-9298 (toll-free) or 513-489-8695 (fax). Ask for publication EPA-840-R-98- 001.

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