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The Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation Division of Water said it submitted a revised application to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Oct. 15 for authority to permit wastewater discharges in Alaska in lieu of EPA's Seattle-based permitting program.

The Alaska Legislature approved a measure in 2005 that authorized DEC to seek primacy in issuing the permits in the National Pol...