Law360, Miami (February 12, 2013, 6:12 PM ET) -- A Florida legislator on Tuesday introduced a bill that would authorize the state to implement a water quality credit trading program through which polluting entities could buy and sell water pollutant reductions.
Rep. Cary Pigman, R-Sebring, filed H.B. 713, which would extend water quality credit trading beyond the Lower St. Johns River Basin, where a pilot program has been in place since 2008. A trading program would help continue the restoration of the surface water resources of the watersheds of Lake Okeechobee, the Caloosahatchee River and...
Fla. Bill Would Expand Water Quality Credit Trading Program
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