Based upon the history of the U.S. federal government's involvement in controlling water pollution, which one of the following scenarios would have most likely occurred?

A) In 1908, federal inspectors reported unacceptably high levels of petroleum products in a river.
B) In 1898, a city receives a federal grant for one million dollars to improve its handling of industrial wastes draining into a nearby river.
C) In 1947, agents of the federal Environmental Protection Agency fined a company for dumping industrial waste into a local stream.
D) In 1952, federal agents advised a city on the best way to handle its sewage and storm water.


D

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