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Jeb bush delays everglades cleanup { May 21 2003 } Original Source Link: (May no longer be active)    http://www2.ocregister.com/ocrweb/ocr/article.do?id=40059§ion=NEWS&subsection=FOCUS&year=2003&month=5&day=21 http://www2.ocregister.com/ocrweb/ocr/article.do?id=40059§ion=NEWS&subsection=FOCUS&year=2003&month=5&day=21 Wednesday, May 21, 2003 Jeb Bush bill could delay Everglades cleanup The new law could extend the deadline to 2016, which environmentalists fear. By DAVID ROYSE The Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, FLA. – Gov. Jeb Bush signed a bill Tuesday that could extend the deadline for cleaning up the Everglades by 10 years, despite gripes from environmentalists and a judge's alert that the law may violate a federal agreement. Bush said the cleanup will be more than 95 percent complete by the original deadline of 2006 and ordered the Legislature to take up a separate bill this week that he says will address environmentalists' concerns. "We are committed like never before to restoring the Everglades," Bush said Tuesday before signing the bill. Environmentalists called for a veto, fearing the bill would loosen water standards and delay cleanup of phosphorus pollution running into the Everglades from sugar farms and cities. However, Bush said he is convinced the measure does not violate a 1992 agreement with Washington calling for phosphorus levels in the Everglades to reach acceptable levels by 2006. U.S. District Judge William M. Hoeveler, the judge who oversaw the agreement, threatened to ignore the state law if it contradicts the plan, calling the new law "clearly defective." The sugar industry, which is paying for much of the cleanup, also was lukewarm to the plan, saying it makes too many concessions to environmentalists.

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