Ken Kopocis, the Environmental Protection Agency’s former deputy assistant administrator for water, said the regulator is keeping close watch on efforts to reduce runoff from farms and other sources into the Mississippi River.

 

The agency says it has no plans to put in place a cleanup in the Mississippi River Basin similar to the one now in place in the Chesapeake Bay, but that agriculture will need to play a role.

 

Here are excerpts from the interview with Kopocis, who retired earlier this month:

 

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