Tamaqua dredge in the news

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Tamaqua rescinds dredge agreement

TAMAQUA— The borough council delayed a vote on a controversial biosolids ordinance Tuesday evening after its solicitor failed to advertise it on time.

However, by a narrow margin, council members voted to overturn a controversial agreement with a Pottsville mining company supporters say gave the borough court standing if river dredge material were ever to be imported.

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Is it safe to do the right thing?

News from the Environmental News Service:

Clean Water Act Whistleblowers Murky Legal Protection

WASHINGTON, DC, September 5, 2006 (ENS) - The Bush administration has declared itself immune from whistleblower protections for federal workers under the Clean Water Act, according to legal documents released by Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER).

As a result of an opinion issued by a unit within the Office of the Attorney General, federal workers will have little protection from official retaliation for reporting water pollution enforcement breakdowns, manipulations of science or cleanup failures.

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