On May 20, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. International Boundary and Water Commission (IBWC) promised to increase the capacity of a wastewater treatment plant at the border in 100 days instead of two years.

On Wednesday, federal officials announced they had met the deadline.

“Just four months after I personally surveyed the environmental devastation in San Diego, seeing the polluted waterways, closed beaches, and smelling the foul air, we've delivered this critical expansion years ahead of schedule,” EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin said in a statement. “Protecting human health and the environment is our first priority at EPA, and no American should have to worry if the air they breathe or the beaches they visit are safe.”

The expansion means the South Bay Internation

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