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Legislation introduced to restore Puget Sound; Bill would create an EPA office specifically for recovery efforts
6/26/08 Seattle PI article on Dicks/Cantwell bill on Puget Sound
6/26/08 Seattle Post-Intelligencer
By LISA STIFFLER
P-I REPORTER
The goal of thrusting the restoration of Puget Sound into the national spotlight is nearing reality with the introduction of legislation by two of Washington's congressional leaders.
Rep. Norm Dicks, D-Wash., and Sen. Maria Cantwell this week introduced the Puget Sound Recovery Act of 2008, and restoration proponents quickly made their case for saving the Sound before a key House subcommittee.
"The main reason to pass this legislation is to put Puget Sound more on a par with the Chesapeake Bay and the Great Lakes in terms of how Congress looks at it, how the (Environmental Protection Agency) looks at it," said Kathy Fletcher, executive director of People for Puget Sound, an environmental group. She was among those testifying Thursday before the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
"The whole idea is to get Puget Sound elevated," Fletcher said.
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