Edmund Muskie battles the Giant cartoon, 1968
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Edmund S. Muskie Archives and Special Collections Library
Nixon was not the only opponent of the bill and the standards it created.
Some environmentalists opposed it as well because they did not trust the experts that the committee had relied on in constructing the bill.
They also did not trust the government enforcement agencies such as the Environmental Protection Agency and the Army Corps of Engineers.
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