Circle of Blue
DECEMBER 1, 2022
Water worries. The EPA has identified more than 21,000 large CAFOs across the country but just 6,266 of those operate with wastewater discharge permits under the Clean Water Act designed to control and restrict pollutants discharged into waterways, according to EPA figures. Carl Ganter/ Circle of Blue.
Circle of Blue
FEBRUARY 8, 2023
Embedded in the new statute are more than $140 billion in direct payments and tax incentives for renewable fuels and cleaner electrical generation to help reduce greenhouse gas emissions 40 percent below 2005 levels by the end of the decade. farmland as “the single greatest challenge to our nation’s water quality.”
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Circle of Blue
SEPTEMBER 22, 2022
Their intent is to compel producers to adopt changes in storage and spreading practices that would go a bit further than previous rules for keeping untreated manure from reaching state waters. That’s 257 more CAFOs than Michigan permitted in 2005, according to state figures. Carl Ganter/ Circle of Blue. More Phosphorus Not Less.
Circle of Blue
SEPTEMBER 13, 2022
based Environmental Working Group identified 775 CAFOs in the western Lake Erie basin in 2018, 230 more than in 2005. Department of Agriculture Publications and National Center for Water Quality, Heidelberg University. million more tons than in 2005. The growth has been exponential. Department of Agriculture 2017 Census and U.S.
The Energy Law Blog
JULY 25, 2013
To understand the stormwater permit requirements for oil and gas activities, you need to review not only the regulations that remain in force, but also the Clean Water Act as amended by the Energy Policy Act of 2005. CWA §402(l)(2). See Natural Resources Defense Council v. 3d 591 (9th Cir.
Circle of Blue
SEPTEMBER 28, 2022
The federal Clean Water Act includes specific provisions to limit pollution from such “point sources” of contamination. The cost share could be the same as the early Clean Water Act support to curb point source pollution from municipal wastewater treatment plants.
Acoel
SEPTEMBER 21, 2021
Then came the “Navigable Waters Protection Rule” (NWPR) and the shrunken definition of “waters of the US” (WOTUS). There was considerable speculation about what impact this new rule would have on the scope of the Clean Water Act. Posted on September 21, 2021 by Patrick Parenteau.
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