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New safety regulations could close some public pools
Posted: 09.29.2011 at 8:31 AM Updated: 09.29.2011 at 10:25 PM
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Federal regulators are changing course on a law aimed at keeping swimmers, especially children, from getting trapped in pool drains, and some pools may close if they don't have the new equipment by next May.

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