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How will Florida's battle with EPA over nutrient regulations affect Hillsborough? listen

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Tags: environment, nitrogen fertilizer, phosphorus, EPC, EPA, EPA water standards, pollution

The state of Florida is in a battle with thefeds over water quality. Hillsborough County is affected by the ongoing dispute over regulating nitrogen and phosphorus pollution in Florida.

In 2008, a Florida Department of Environmental Protection report determine that half the rivers and lakes in Florida were impaired because of nutrients. After getting no response from the state for a plan to clean up its waterways, the federal Environmental Protection Agency, or EPA, imposed numeric limits...