Rexburg faces lawsuit from Idaho DEQ for polluting South Fork Teton River
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Rexburg faces lawsuit from Idaho DEQ for polluting South Fork Teton River REXBURG, Idaho (KIFI) – The Idaho Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) is suing the City of Rexburg for polluting the South Fork of the Teton River. The DEQ’s action last week comes after pressure from two environmental groups. In February, the Boise-based Idaho Conservation League and Snake River Waterkeeper notified Rexburg and Burley of the groups’ intent to sue for Clean Water Act violations at the cities’ wastewater treatment plants. “We already have a river that has too much of certain pollutants, and so we really want to avoid exacerbating that – making that any worse,” Idaho Conservation League’s Regulatory Program Manager Will Tiedemann said.
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Rexburg faces lawsuit from Idaho DEQ for polluting South Fork Teton River REXBURG, Idaho (KIFI) – The Idaho Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) is suing the City of Rexburg for polluting the South Fork of the Teton River. The DEQ’s action last week comes after pressure from two environmental groups. In February, the Boise-based Idaho Conservation League and Snake River Waterkeeper notified Rexburg and Burley of the groups’ intent to sue for Clean Water Act violations at the cities’ wastewater treatment plants. “We already have a river that has too much of certain pollutants, and so we really want to avoid exacerbating that – making that any worse,” Idaho Conservation League’s Regulatory Program Manager Will Tiedemann said.