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Domenici Raps Arsenic Policy Senator says state should do more to help small water systems

Sen. Pete Domenici and New Mexico's Environment Department are butting heads over how the state is enforcing a new federal standard for arsenic in drinking water.

Domenici, R-N.M., has written several letters to Gov. Bill Richardson, asking him to make life easier for small water systems struggling to get time extensions to meet the standard.

"The NMED compliance and (extension) requirements are onerous and excessive, and I continue to believe more must be done to help our small communities," Domenici wrote last week.

Richardson is leaving the issue to Environment Secretary Ron Curry, who says his agency is going beyond federal guidelines to be flexible and working closely with small ...

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