As with all our work, publication of this report would not have been possible without the support of NRDC's 400,000 members. The author is grateful to David Murphy, J.D., for his valuable research during the early phase of this project, and to Patti Lease, M.S., for her careful fact-checking. The author appreciates the assistance of Alan Metrick, Sharene Azimi, Bonnie Greenfield, and Michele Wolf in making this a far better product than it would have been without their help. The peer reviewers listed below were also extraordinarily helpful.
All mistakes are, however, the author s alone.
Special thanks to my family, Anne, Chris, and Luke, for putting up with this seemingly eternal project. Thanks also to all those colleagues at NRDC, Clean Water Fund, and Citizens for a Better Environment, and to many state and federal officials, who helped make this petition and study possible. Inc. The views presented in this report do not necessarily reflect the opinions of those who helped to review it.