They have never been granted a waiver, because the epa says they re putting 1% back into the water. if admiral thad allen were in control, he of course would take 99% out of the water and worry about the 1% later. it s a consensus system, not a top down management system the way the president had said. he said he s war fighter activity, it s not, it s epa, osha and all the other alphabet soups. and that s one of the reasons for the slowdown. we re not faulting the core of the corps of engineers or the coast guard or any of the other agencies individually. but the president said, the buck stops with him, admiral allen has total authority to do what he thinks is right. and that s not quite true. the title of your report is how the public o what