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Pennsylvania's Key Role in Historic Chesapeake Bay Measure

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Monday, October 19, 2009   

HARRISBURG, Penn. - Nowhere is the old lesson that water flows downstream more true than in the case of Pennsylvania and the Chesapeake Bay. Federal legislation is being introduced today that would limit the pollution that starts here and ends up there.

Doug Siglin, federal affairs director for the Chesapeake Bay Foundation, says it would boost provisions in the Clean Water Act aimed at curbing levels of nitrogen, phosphorous and sediment. He calls the measure critical to the Bay's future and explains Pennsylvania's connection.

"When you talk to Pennsylvanians and point out to them that there's runoff from urban and suburban areas and from agricultural areas passing through the stream in their backyard, down to the river and ultimately to the Susquehanna - the largest source of fresh water for the Bay - they get that."

In terms of significance, Siglin calls the legislation "historic."

"This is the biggest thing that will happen for the Bay for decades - possibly ever."

Siglin hopes there's an understanding in Pennsylvania to keep the long-term environmental benefit in mind.

"Nobody wants to be a polluter. I don't think anybody wakes up in the morning and says, 'Boy, where can I go and pollute water today?' Pennsylvanians understand that, even if they don't get to see the Bay as much as Marylanders and Virginians do."

The legislation would provide $1.5 billion to help local governments invest in ways to reduce runoff. Sewage treatment plants and farms also will need to make investments to comply with new regulations.


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