Sentences with phrase «between federal environmental officials»

Not exact matches

And even as multiple wells in nearby Hoosick Falls tested positive for elevated and potentially dangerous levels of the same toxic chemical more than a year ago, state health department employees suggested a delay in reporting results and did not initially recommend a wider outreach to the public, according to emails between state, county and federal officials, some of which were obtained through a Freedom of Information Law request to the federal Environmental Protection Agency.

With a federal lawsuit alleging EPA violations between the environmental advocacy group Save the Sound and Westchester County approaching the two - year mark, officials at the nonprofit are growing increasingly impatient with alleged inaction on the part of several communities.

Texas Commission on Environmental Quality's executive director Margaret Hoffman said, «As a result of this joint investigation and cooperative effort between state and federal officials, Texans will enjoy cleaner air.