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Smith Enviorment
DECEMBER 14, 2023
This post covers the most significant legislation affecting state water quality protections: AQUACULTURE PERMITTING Replace the existing NPDES General Permit for aquaculture operations. The Clean Water Act requires a National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit for any release of waste to surface waters.
Law Columbia
SEPTEMBER 15, 2020
But renewable generation is not sufficient to decarbonize the electric sector; infrastructure that delivers clean electricity to consumers is also critical. The Corps issues nationwide permits for categories of similar activities that will have minimal environmental effects, both individually and cumulatively. Last year the D.C.
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ESA
MAY 4, 2023
Wetlands are vital to managing how water flows after storm events to protect human environments from floods and natural environments from soil erosion and habitat destruction. The Clean Water Act is a federal law that gives authority to states to protect the nation’s waters. and qualify for a green card.
Law Columbia
JUNE 8, 2021
The court found, however, that there was a “fair possibility” that previous and ongoing implementation of the Zinke order’s policies would cause damage to the plaintiffs’ interests in air quality, water quality, wildlife habitat, cultural sites, and mitigation of climate change impacts. Chevron Corp.
Law Columbia
AUGUST 4, 2021
Circuit after President Biden signed a joint resolution under the Congressional Review Act disapproving the September 2020 rule. The plaintiffs alleged that the defendants violated NEPA, the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act, the Clean Water Act, and the Marine Mammal Protection Act. Growth Energy v.
ESA
NOVEMBER 22, 2021
The Biden administration moved Thursday to formally repeal the Trump administration’s controversial rule that vastly restricted the scope of Clean Water Act protections. million acres of critical habitat for the northern spotted owl in the Pacific Northwest. or WOTUS. “In United States. 1466 ) in the Senate.
ESA
JUNE 14, 2021
It changed long-time agency policy to allow major sources of pollution to reclassify as area sources, a category with fewer regulatory requirements, once their emissions fell below a certain threshold. USFWS : The Biden administration moved to repeal and revise several Endangered Species Act regulations finalized by the Trump administration.
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