Serrano, EPA Agree: Sandy Rebuilding Should Include Green ...

Washington, DC - March 14, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- At a hearing today on water infrastructure financing, Congressman Jos? E. Serrano questioned the Environmental Protection Agency on their plans for Hurricane Sandy restoration. The Deputy Assistant Administrator at the Office of Water, Mike Shapiro, laid out the variety of ways that the EPA is contributing to the rebuilding effort and how they are ensuring the reconstruction does not just rebuild the same vulnerable infrastructure again.

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