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Remedies for Harmful Algal Blooms Are Available in Law and Practice

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Remedies for Harmful Algal Blooms Are Available in Law and Practice They are expensive, in many cases experimental, and take a long time to work. The association also built a state-of-the art water quality monitoring network across the lake’s 192 square-mile watershed. But the Platte Lake advocates did not rely on federal law.

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Supreme Court Granted Certiorari to a Clean Water Act Case: Hawai‘i Wildlife Fund v. County of Maui

Vermont Law

In June 2013, the University of Hawaii prepared the Lahaina Groundwater Tracer Study for the State of Hawai‘i Department of Health, U.S. LAHAINA GROUNDWATER TRACER STUDY (2013), [link]. About the author: Savannah is a third-year law student at Vermont Law School who is pursuing a Certificate in Water Resources Law.

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Road Salt, A Stealthy Pollutant, Is Damaging Michigan Waters

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This is the first story in a series of reports from the Great Lakes News Collaborative that will investigate contemporary water pollution challenges in the Great Lakes region. Road Salt, A Stealthy Pollutant, Is Damaging Michigan Waters Rivers and lakes are becoming saltier while law and practice limit effective responses.

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States Scramble to Respond to Navigable Waters Protection Rule

Ohio Environmental Law

Under the NWPR intermittent streams must flow “continuously during certain times of the year…” Therefore, not all intermittent streams are protected under the Clean Water Act. A large portion of these streams are no longer protected under the Clean Water Act. This is not entirely clear.

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Fifth Circuit Vacates $6 Million Clean Water Act Penalty

The Energy Law Blog

By Greg Johnson and Stephen Wiegand In a July 17, 2013 decision, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit vacated a $6 million dollar penalty levied under the Clean Water Act (“CWA”) against CITGO Petroleum Corporation (“CITGO”) and remanded the matter to the Western District of Louisiana for further consideration.

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Only CERCLA Settlements Trigger CERCLA Contribution: Guam v. US

E2 Law Blog

The landfill leaked, and Guam entered into a Clean Water Act consent decree under which the Territory agreed to implement what would, were the enforcement program CERCLA, have been a response to the releases from the landfill. In Guam’s case, that was a good thing. 9607, 9613. The Supreme Court disagreed. 3d 131 (3d Cir.

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Fighting Big Coal––Washington Judge Allows Novel Clean Water Act Citizens’ Suit to Proceed

Vermont Law

If proven, this would constitute violations of the federal Clean Water Act. _. In June 2013, a coalition of seven environmental organizations––including Sierra Club, Puget Soundkeeper Alliance, RE Sources for Sustainable Communities, Columbia Riverkeeper, Friends of the Columbia Gorge, Inc., By Kelly Nokes. 500 pounds.