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This year marks the 50th anniversary of the Clean Water Act, which sets water quality standards and requires permits for discharges, was championed by Maine Sen. Edmund Muskie. ....
Associated Press FILE - In this Sept. 27, 2014 file photo, a couple canoes in a section of the Androscoggin River in the White Mountains in Dummer, N.H. Next year will mark the 50th anniversary of the Clean Water Act, the principal federal law governing water quality and pollution in the nation s lakes, rivers and streams. Maine Sen. Edmund Muskie championed its passage in 1972, motivated in part by the degraded condition of the Androscoggin River. The river s health has improved since then, but not without repeated legal battles. And a new effort to reclassify its southernmost section is also meeting strong resistance. ....
ANDROSCOGGIN VALLEY â A bill before the Maine Legislature to upgrade the classification of a 12-mile section of the Androscoggin River in that state is strongly opposed by the new owners of the Gorham mill as well as the communities of Berlin and Gorham. Submitted to the Maine Legislature in December, LD 676 calls for upgrading the section of the river from Gulf Island Dam near Lewiston-Auburn, Maine, to Merrymeeting Bay where it flows into the Atlantic Ocean. Currently classified as a Class C, the bill seeks to upgrade that section to Class B. Supporters of the bill said data shows the section already meets Class B standards 99 percent of the time. Upgrading the section would allow the entire river to be classified as Class B and would recognize the remarkable transformation of the river since it was considered one of the countryâs most polluted rivers. ....
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