Word: cleanly
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...shallow waters of the channel, a plume of wastewater frequently set up off Deer Island that could be seen by any jet aircraft taking off from Logan Airport. Ships passing through the area carried the toxins both away from the harbor and back toward shore. Although 85 percent clean, this plume occasionally fouled dense areas of marine life in large parts of the inner harbor...
...violation of the Federal Clean Water Act of 1972, which mandated that cities put all wastewater through two filtering processes before releasing it into the ocean, Boston had been pumping improperly treated sewage into the harbor for years...
While Boston began work toward compliance with the Clean Water Act, the Metropolitan District Commission (MDC) repeatedly applied for waivers from the EPA, under a clause stating that coastal communities whose pollution did no environmental harm could obtain exemptions from...
That same year, however the EPA and Department of Justice (DOJ) filed suit against the MWRA for violations of the Clean Water...
Sadly, I expect over the course of the next several days, as the 2000 Games wind down, that there will probably be more drug violations. Even sadder, there will be medal winners who will never be caught, perhaps denying a "clean" athlete of a medal. It is unfortunate that every young swimmer, runner or rower should be suspected of drug use when he wins a medal, but it is a fair price to pay for perhaps one day having "the cleanest Games ever...