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Smith Enviorment
DECEMBER 14, 2023
December 14, 2023. General Assembly returned to a very aggressive effort to influence environmental rules in 2023. The annual Appropriations Act (House Bill 259), the N.C. The Clean Water Act requires a National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit for any release of waste to surface waters.
Legal Planet
MAY 16, 2024
The Clean Water Act requires that industrial sources reduce their discharges, but it left two big questions unanswered: Would EPA or the states set the pollution limits? A contrary ruling would have gutted the statute, leaving water quality largely subject to state permit authorities. 743 (2015) (Justice Scalia ).
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ESA
MARCH 14, 2022
Jared Huffman (D-CA), sent a letter to EPA Administrator Michael Regan, expressing their disappointment in the EPA’s January 2022 announcement to restart the Clean Water Act review process for protecting Bristol Bay, Alaska. Applegate is a career USGS employee who has served as the acting USGS director for the past year.
ESA
NOVEMBER 22, 2021
Fish and Wildlife Service receives $180 million for developing and carrying out Endangered Species Act recovery plans and a combined $19.4 Canada and other countries pledged to stop public financing of fossil fuel projects abroad by 2023. The agency designated 563 river miles as critical habitat for the species.
ESA
JUNE 14, 2021
EPA announced plans to repeal and replace the Trump administration’s Navigable Waters Rule. US Fish and Wildlife Service reverses Endangered Species Act rules. Senate holds confirmation hearing for Bureau of Land Management director nominee. Executive Branch. International. IPCC and IPBES released joint workshop report.
ESA
MAY 15, 2023
Congress Senate: The full Senate voted to pass resolutions nullifying two endangered species rules finalized by the Biden administration. One rule repeals a Trump-era definition of habitat under the Endangered Species Act. The other rule lists the northern long-eared bat as an endangered species.
ESA
JANUARY 31, 2022
Interior Department seeks nominations for the Invasive Species Advisory Council. Supreme Court to hear Clean Water Act case. Clean Water Act: In what will be one of the most important final environmental rulings in the history of the U.S., The Supreme Court may not issue its ruling until 2023.
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