Acoel

AUGUST 19, 2021

This won’t be the last time we’ll be reading about the Sacketts’ tangles with EPA and the Ninth Circuit which began around the turn of the century and have already involved the Supreme Court once. Another Federal Appeals Court Takes Clean Water Act Enforcement Out of EPA’s Hands appeared first on ACOEL.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JANUARY 22, 2024

Industrial meat and poultry slaughterhouses dump millions of pounds of pollutants into the nation’s waters every year. The federal Clean Water Act directs the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to set and enforce the rules that regulate this pollution.

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Vermont Law

APRIL 19, 2019

Four non-profit environmental groups (Hawai‘i Wildlife Fund, Sierra Club-Maui Group, Surfrider Foundation, and West Maui Preservation Association) brought a suit against the County of Maui, alleging that the county violated the Clean Water Act (CWA) because they did not have a National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit.

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Acoel

APRIL 18, 2024

You might recall that when the City and County filed their appeal in February I predicted that this case would be responsible for EPA’s, DOJ’s and the Ninth Circuit’s third consecutive Clean Water Act defeat in our nation’s highest court. Maui on similar grounds.

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Vorys Law

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

On September 14, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA ) released a pre-publication version of the Clean Water Act Section 401 Water Quality Certification Improvement Rule (the “2023 Rule”) [1].

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 19, 2022

As the determined volunteers made headway, filling bag after bag of garbage that morning, we realized that a handful of people could remove about eight pick-up loads of trash in just a few hours. The quest became known as the Clean Water Act 50K Trash Challenge (CWA50K). We nearly filled a 20-yard dumpster! A total of 3.6

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The Energy Law Blog

JUNE 1, 2016

The Corps’ definition of whether property constitutes “waters of the United States” is significant because the Clean Water Act regulates the discharge of pollutants into “the waters of the United States.” The Corps has defined the waters of the United States very broadly, along the lines of the Commerce Clause.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 10, 2022

Seif, Former EPA Region III Administrator, Secretary of DEP How many members of the EPA Alumni Association remember the Rivers and Harbors Act of 1899? None of us is that old, I guess, but what about the part of it – called the “Refuse Act” -- that made a bit of history when it was dredged up (pun intended ) in 1972?

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Acoel

MARCH 27, 2023

The court also acknowledged that the Supreme Court is currently considering the scope of jurisdiction under the Clean Water Act. In the underlying cases, the plaintiffs challenged the 2023 WOTUS rule on statutory and constitutional grounds.

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ESA

JUNE 8, 2023

The Ecological Society of America (ESA), representing 8,000 research ecologists and environmental scientists, is greatly concerned about the unintended consequences to nature and human health because of the United States Supreme Court decision in the Sackett v.

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Circle of Blue

APRIL 24, 2023

The House fails to overturn President Biden’s veto of legislation to reduce Clean Water Act protections. And lastly, the EPA establishes that water and wastewater are eligible categories for billions in federal funding to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and air pollution. “We government water policy.

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Environmental Law Prof Blog

MAY 26, 2023

Yesterday was a bad day for people who care about water quality. The Supreme Court’s Sackett opinion gutted traditional Clean Water Act jurisdictional standards. Others have appropriately shredded the decision (examples here and here), and I’ve previously critiqued the shoddy.

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Legal Planet

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

NPDES permitting under the Clean Water Act is not intended to support innovation. By definition, at some point that’s going to involve innovation – the adoption and diffusion new technologies and management practices, or, more simply, doing things differently than the tried and true.

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Legal Planet

JUNE 23, 2022

It also raised an important issue about the role of state government in approving federal projects and licenses. Under the Clean Water Act, dam owners need to get certifications from state authorities that the dam will not harm water quality. States can approve, disapprove, or approve with conditions.

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Acoel

DECEMBER 20, 2023

The complaint alleges a number of violations of the Clean Water Act, but all of them relate to allegations that BVPV discharged nurdles – an excellent neologism that will soon be part of common vocabulary. Earlier this month, PennEnvironment and Three Rivers Waterkeeper filed suit against BVPV Styrenics and its parent company.

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Circle of Blue

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Though the heavy metal is toxic, federal and state drinking water standards say nothing about how much can safely enter public water supplies, and Ann Arbor’s water treatment plant, like most, was not set up to deal with it. It was headed toward Ann Arbor’s intake pipes. It’s frustrating,” he said.

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Vermont Law

MARCH 24, 2014

If proven, this would constitute violations of the federal Clean Water Act. _. The court held that the environmental groups’ notice of intent was “sufficiently specific to inform BNSF about what it was doing wrong” and that “[t]here can be no dispute” that the aspects of Plaintiffs’ notice satisfies the regulatory requirements.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 29, 2024

MAX owns and operates a 160-acre facility, surrounded by agricultural and residential properties, about 30 miles southeast of Pittsburgh. MAX conducts waste operations under permits issued by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection pursuant to the federal Clean Water Act and the Resource Conservation Recovery Act.

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Circle of Blue

MAY 31, 2022

The EPA intends to deny a Clean Water Act permit for a mine development in Alaska’s Bristol Bay watershed. Officials sign a Navajo-Utah water rights settlement. The EPA announces an interagency working group for water reuse. Water Reuse Working Group. The Rundown. By the Numbers. Studies and Reports.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Environmental Protection Agency has granted a petition to begin the process of promulgating new water quality standards under Section 303(c)(4)(B) of the federal Clean Water Act for the Delaware River estuary. Accordingly, EPA is determining, pursuant to [Clean Water Act (CWA)] Section 303(c)(4)(B) and 40 CFR 131.22(b),

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 29, 2024

Join the webinar to hear some inspiring speakers talk about how they are leading the way in keeping our water clean through advocacy, policy change, and help from volunteers who care for our sacred watershed. She also served as a Policy Fellow for the Chesapeake Climate Action Network, as well as a canvasser for U.S

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Circle of Blue

MAY 3, 2023

The Supreme Court will decide which wetland ecosystems are included in the Clean Water Act, the law that regulates the dumping of pollutants into American waters. Amidst drought, farmers in southern Taiwan are being paid not to grow crops as the government reserves water for semiconductor production. .

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Law and Environment

OCTOBER 4, 2022

The Supreme Court heard oral argument today in the Sackett case, in which the Sacketts are hoping that SCOTUS will finally issue a clear decision narrowing the scope of jurisdiction under the Clean Water Act. I have stayed out of the SCOTUS prediction game because I find such speculation to be a waste of time.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 14, 2024

Starting A Watershed Organization Members of the Little Lehigh Watershed Stewards tell how they started their watershed group to help care about the plants, animals, and about 200,000 people who rely on the Little Lehigh as a source of fresh water. Click Here to learn how they did it. Click Here to get your feet wet.

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 6, 2023

The state permits provide the basis for the Clean Water Act 401 certification given to the project. The project obtained its federal Natural Gas Act certificate of public convenience and necessity from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on January 11, 2023.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 17, 2024

We stood together, laughing about a huge quantity of Mrs. Butterworth’s syrup or creepy baby dolls or shouting for everyone to see the box turtle and salamanders we found,” Pizziketti said. This led to the idea of removing 50,000 pounds of trash for the 50th anniversary of the Clean Water Act in 2022.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 25, 2024

On April 25, four state agencies, legislators and two land conservancies celebrated portions of the Turtle Creek watershed in southeastern Union County being removed, or “delisted” from the federal Clean Water Act impaired waters list.

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Law and Environment

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

More to the point, why am I blogging about a cut and dried case such as this? The Clean Water Act – It’s routine for EPA to take more than 10 years to act on NPDES permit renewals. Indeed, EPA has stated publicly that, at least through 2030, it will perform effects determinations only when ordered to do by a court.

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Environment Next

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

In addition to announcing the initiation of new rulemakings for certain categories of industrial dischargers, the report provides a window into where the agency is focusing its attention for potential future clean water act regulations. Primary Clean Water Act regulations for landfill leachate date back to 2000.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

OCTOBER 4, 2022

A successful partnership also requires clear communication about what is needed, what can be delivered and a commitment to follow through on promises. The most useful evidence to support legal actions demonstrate violations of environmental protections afforded by laws like the Endangered Species Act and the Clean Water Act.

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Academy of Natural Sciences

OCTOBER 5, 2022

Today, thanks to the Clean Water Act and many efforts from local organizations, this river is a thriving waterway perfect for local recreation — fishing, birdwatching, rowing, kayaking and canoeing — hidden in plain sight. They were very enthusiastic about the fish and crayfish that we found.”

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Law and Environment

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

It turns out that the common sense definition most people think of when they think about brownfield sites is not what Congress had in mind when it defined the term under CERCLA. However, there are several different exclusions about which developers need to be aware. Here’s where the fun starts.

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Environmental Crimes

AUGUST 21, 2019

Enforcement by the USEPA is down by just about any metric measuring the enforcement of environmental laws.   Environmental groups and enterprising plaintiffs’ firms are now using the citizen suit provisions of the Clean Water Act as a business model. This has left an enforcement void.  are being sought. . 

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Circle of Blue

MAY 16, 2023

Ohio residents, fearing their drinking water will be contaminated by increasing amounts of fracking waste, are standing up to oil companies and injection-well owners. About 45,000 cubic yards of contaminated sediment are being removed from rivers in downtown Milwaukee. million boosted total funding to about $5 million.

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Environment, Law, and History

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

Chicago Drainage Canal being built (from The New Student's Reference Work (1914)) I'm not sure this was really the US Supreme Court's first pollution case - how about the Slaughterhouse Cases ? Use of federal common law to pursue water pollution cases enjoyed a big revival in the 1960s and early 1970s. Tennessee Copper Co. ,

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Ocean Conservancy

AUGUST 10, 2023

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Acoel

AUGUST 2, 2021

Early in my career, I was involved in a natural resource damages case seeking to establish the monetary value of an impacted drinking water aquifer. Without a fresh look at water policy, efforts toward climate change will, at best, come too late.

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