category project Clean Water Act Related Topics 
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.
Law and Environment
SEPTEMBER 1, 2022
On its face, it’s simply an incentive for renewable energy development, giving an adder to the amount of the investment tax credit (ITC) or production tax credit (PTC) to which certain renewable energy projects would otherwise be entitled, if they are located in an “energy community”. Here’s where the fun starts.
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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.
Ohio Environmental Law
MARCH 3, 2024
EPA which significantly reduced the number of wetlands that are federally protected under the Clean Water Act (CWA). EPA cited in the Washington Post , it is projected that 63% of the wetlands nationally could no longer be federally protected. EPA issued the rule to conform its regulations to the ruling of the U.S.
PA Environment Daily
OCTOBER 12, 2022
The Department of Environmental Protection will begin accepting applications for abandoned mine reclamation and mine drainage treatment project grants on October 24. Projects that will not achieve quantifiable environmental improvement or are solely research and development oriented will not be considered.
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. The project is expected to last 18 to 42 months. The Rundown. By the Numbers.
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.
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