Even before he was sworn in, he was complaining about clean water standards imposed by the Environmental Protection Agency, and asking that Florida be spared from "burdensome regulations.’’
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The state’s Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) was eventually given the responsibility for regulating the exact type of pollutants that have contributed to the nasty green gook that has been showing up in the state’s rivers and lakes.
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Scott abolished the agency that had been responsible for reviewing local development plans, and he directed water management districts to lower taxes, which decimated their budgets.
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He also signed a law in 2012 that repealed mandatory inspections for septic tanks, a decision that environmentalists now say is fueling the current algae crisis.
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Perhaps the most underhanded move was the scam he pulled on the state’s seven-member Environmental Regulation Commission. After the commission declined to change the number of dangerous pollutants allowed in our water. more
