Circle of Blue
SEPTEMBER 22, 2022
Powerful Industry’s Torrent of Manure Overwhelms State Regulators Cause of Michigan’s worst water pollution is too much waste spread on too little land. September 22, 2022 . To a large extent the harmful algal blooms that foul Michigan’s waters and turn western Lake Erie into a toxic inland sea are the result of mismatches. .
Legal Planet
FEBRUARY 7, 2024
It is only when you look back at the history of federal wetland regulation that you realize just how radical and destructive this decision was. For instance, under the Court’s reasoning, a Reagan Administration regulation as a blatantly illegal environmentalist overreach. Here’s a timeline of the major events.
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Legal Planet
SEPTEMBER 25, 2023
EPA , the Supreme Court used the “major question doctrine” to overturn Obama’s signature climate change regulation. The cases are split 3 to 3, with some courts applying the major question to regulations that were so minor I’d never heard of them. 4 th 359 (2022) (Supreme Court granted cert. In West Virginia v.
Legal Planet
MAY 16, 2024
Unless the Court moderates its views, future regulations will face tough sledding. 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? 2587 (2022) (Chief Justice Roberts). Train, 420 U.S.
MGKF Law
AUGUST 30, 2022
In order to bring a citizen suit in federal district court under the Clean Water Act, 33 USC § 1365(a)(1), the plaintiff must first give “notice of the alleged violation” to the alleged violator, the EPA, and the State at least 60 days prior to commencing suit. In Shark River Cleanup Coalition v. §135.3(a).
Circle of Blue
DECEMBER 1, 2022
Opposition to CAFOs Mounts Across the Nation Toxic manure discharges from large livestock operations is major source of water pollution. By Keith Schneider, Circle of Blue – December 1, 2022. to issue new rules that limit discharges of CAFO wastes into waters. That may be changing. Milking parlor in Lenawee County.
Circle of Blue
FEBRUARY 6, 2023
Republicans take aim at the Biden administration’s definition of the scope of the Clean Water Act. Domestic production of salt , a water pollutant, remained steady in 2022. By the Numbers 42 Million Tons : Domestic salt production in 2022, according to U.S. Geological Survey figures. is for deicing roads.
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