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EPA rules authority over water permits
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APRIL 20, 2001

Overruling the state, the Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday said it has authority to issue wastewater-treatment permits to plants on Nebraska's reservations.

The state planned to issue permits to two plants on the Omaha Reservation. The EPA objected under the Clean Water Act.

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EPA to Issue Permits for Tribal Wastewater (The Omaha World Herald 4/20)