And so there's the thing called the National Pollution Discharge Elimination System. Permits at the npdes in which actually it sounds like you are trying to control pollution. But what happens is that The NPDS permits are really permits to pollute. They say that you shall not discharge untreated wastewater into the lakes and streams. But when you get to the enforcement, you find out, it's shocking. (09:36–09:40)
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Asserts that NPDS permits allow pollution rather than prevent it.
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