The Environmental Protection Agency reached an agreement Nov.17 with the Natural Resources Defense Council and two other environmental groups that requires the agency to finalize three rules regulating microbial contaminants and disinfection byproducts by 2006(NRDC v.EPA,D.D.C.,docket number unavailable,11/17/05).Under a consent decree filed in the U.S.District Court for the District of Columbia,the agency will sign by Dec.15,2005,a rule to control potentially dangerous byproducts formed during the disinfection process.
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