The Seminole Tribe of Florida has filed a legal challenge against controversial new state water-quality standards, arguing they don’t adequately take into account the amount of fish and other wildlife eaten by tribal members.
The tribe filed the challenge Monday in the state Division of Administrative Hearings, about two weeks after the state Environmental Regulation Commission narrowly approved the standards over the objections of environmentalists. The standards, developed by the Department of Environmental Protection, involve new and revised limits on chemicals in waterways.
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