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It looks like Governor Kaine got what he asked for in an Executive Order from President Obama regarding clean-up and protection of the Chesapeake Bay.
In February this year, the Virginian-Pilot reported on Kaine's initiatives:
At a private meeting Wednesday in Washington, Kaine delivered a draft order that he wrote to Obama's new chief of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Lisa Jackson. It calls for more federal attention, money and regulatory clout for the Bay.
In a separate letter also hand-carried to Jackson, Kaine encouraged Obama to press Congress to take several actions in support of the Bay, including the creation of a "Clean Water Trust Fund."
One section of the proposed order suggests what environmental groups have been requesting without success for years - that the EPA get tougher and ensure that pollution standards are being met by hundreds of sewage plants, factories and other facilities that discharge nutrient-rich wastes into the Bay.
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