Stockton Criticizes Water Rules

5 July 2000 - 6:30pm

Stockton officials criticize the Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board saying complex pollution rules could prove costly for businesses.

Officials from the City of Stockton criticized the Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board for pollution regulations that they say could prove costly for businesses. Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board officials say they do notunderstand the outcry and claim that the regulations are actually a cost-effective wayfor complying with the Clean Water Act.

Source: The San Diego Union-Tribune, July 5, 2000
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