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While not so alarmist, Carol Browner, head of the Environmental Protection Agency, is also concerned. The Republican legislation, she says, would "create a convoluted maze that could prevent us from doing our jobs" and would also have "a real impact on our ability to protect public health." Had the Contract with America been in place two decades ago, she maintains, federal regulators would not have been able to reduce the use of leaded gasoline, which everyone now agrees is a major health hazard...
...Carol Browner, the administrator of the EPA since 1993, said "the public is still deeply concerned about the environment...
...clear that the people want us to protect the air, the water, the land, and their children," Browner said. "I believe they are willing to pay for it if they feel they are party to the decision...
...Browner said she wants to "de-adversarialize" the dialogue between the business sector and environmentalists...
...that Congress could finally start offering financial assistance to the small water companies that need it most. Another is to encourage small systems to merge and share costs, an approach that has made headway in South Dakota. The role of the EPA will be crucial. Administrator Carol Browner says she is willing to reconsider the water law's simplistic "one size fits all" approach; she is looking at a strategy that would allow local governments to deal with local problems in their own way without sacrificing national safety standards. Browner also supports a novel proposal in which cities and towns...