Acoel

MAY 24, 2023

Supreme Court refused to enjoin the Texas statute because the plaintiffs lacked standing to sue state officials who had not yet acted on possible future private party actions under the new law. It remanded the case to the Fifth Circuit for further review of a narrow category of state officials who might still be sued in state court.

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The Energy Law Blog

APRIL 1, 2014

On March 25, 2014, the Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and the Army Corps of Engineers (“Corps”) jointly released a proposed rule purporting to clarify the scope of the “waters of the United States” protected under the Clean Water Act. United States, 547 U.S. In the current regulation at 40 C.F.R.

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Smith Enviorment

SEPTEMBER 23, 2018

Once the immediate rescue phase has ended, the Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) has a larger role in hurricane response than the public may realize. Some of the environmental challenges: Disabled water treatment and wastewater treatment systems. Animal waste. Total # Facilities/Lagoons. Structural Damage. Although G.S.

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Vermont Law

JULY 26, 2020

These comments expressed major concerns that the permit MPCA planned to issue to PolyMet did not comply with the Clean Water Act. [2]. The APA lists six categories of agency actions that qualify as a type of misconduct that would allow the courts to intervene through judicial review. [5].

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Smith Enviorment

JULY 9, 2019

In February 2019, Chemours entered into a settlement agreement with DEQ that requires the company to provide a replacement water supply to any person whose well has PFAS contamination above the health advisory level. Additional funds to address emerging contaminants through water quality permitting.

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Smith Enviorment

JANUARY 30, 2019

Rising sea levels and more frequent flood events could factor into planning the location of future roads and other public infrastructure as well as design standards for private development. That is a public safety as well as a water pollution problem. 26 that could not by any normal definition fall into any of those categories.

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Law Columbia

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

Construction and operation of an interstate natural gas pipeline requires a certificate of public convenience and necessity from the Federal Energy Regulation Commission (“FERC”) under Section 7 of the Natural Gas Act. Forest Service, or other agency with jurisdiction over the land.

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Circle of Blue

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

Passed nearly a year ago, the American Rescue Plan Act is injecting needed funding into aging water and sewer infrastructure. Contractors for Houston Public Works install a wastewater and drainage project in the Greater Eastwood neighborhood in this file photo from 2020. A second priority is disaster preparation.

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The Energy Law Blog

MAY 17, 2011

Army Corps of Engineers (the Corps) released new proposed guidance on how the agencies will identify waters protected by the Clean Water Act (CWA) in light of Solid Waste Agency of Northern Cook County v. Public comment on the proposed guidance must be received on or before July 1, 2011. United States, 547 U.S.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 18, 2021

Environmental Protection Agency announced a national Strategic Roadmap to protect public health and the environment from PFAS pollution. On October 18, the U.S.

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Circle of Blue

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

Farms collectively are the largest source of nitrate pollution in rivers and groundwater, and the penalty for contaminated water — meaning stricter and more costly standards in order to protect public health — is paid by the people who drink it. Even with that record of risk nitrate pollution is in a category to itself.

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The Energy Law Blog

JULY 6, 2007

Army Corps of Engineers have released long-awaited guidance addressing jurisdictional determinations under the Clean Water Act (CWA) in the wake of Rapanos v. The agencies will take public comments on implementation of the guidance until December 5, 2007. United States , 126 S. 2208 (2006). EPA and U.S.

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E2 Law Blog

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

After all, New York’s air permitting regime is based on health-based emissions standards derived from the federal Clean Air Act. The same goes for New York’s clean water regulations, which in some ways go beyond the dictates of the federal Clean Water Act.

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Ohio Environmental Law

MAY 8, 2020

On January 23, 2020, the Trump Administration released the final version of the Navigable Waters Protection Rule (NWPR), which defines which waters and wetlands are protected under the Clean Water Act. The NWPR replaces the Obama Administration’s “Waters of the United States” (WOTUS) rule. groundwater).

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Ohio Environmental Law

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

On January 23rd, the Trump Administration released the final version of the rule which defines which waters are protected under the Clean Water Act. The new rule is called the Navigable Waters Protection. It replaces the prior Obama Administration rule referred to as WOTUS- “Waters of the United States.”

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Circle of Blue

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Fifty years ago the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement was signed and the Clean Water Act was enacted to clear pollution from the region’s waters. clean water statute, though, give farmers and their wastes special treatment. A Weakened National Imperative. Both the bi-national agreement and the U.S.

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Circle of Blue

MAY 24, 2021

The executive order requires a broad range of actions that target both public and private assets as well as government programs. It would require the federal government’s economic agencies to measure the “value and impact” of the blue economy, meaning industries that use the open waters. Clean Water Act Compliance.

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ESA

MAY 4, 2023

The Clean Water Act is a federal law that gives authority to states to protect the nation’s waters. EPA: The agency is now seeking public comment regarding its Draft National Strategy to Prevent Plastic Pollution. Act, which is legislation intended to reduce plastic pollution in the oceans. Register here.

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Arnold Porter

AUGUST 26, 2021

After President Biden took office, EPA undertook a review of the rules pursuant to Executive Order 13990 on “Protecting Public Health and the Environment and Restoring Science to Tackle the Climate Crisis.”[[N:86 In March, EPA published a notice inviting public comment on all five final PBT rules.[[N: ”[[N:86 Fed.

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Law Columbia

MARCH 6, 2018

The federal district court for the Northern District of California denied Oakland’s and San Francisco’s motions to remand their climate change public nuisance lawsuits against five major fossil fuel producers to state court. Public Citizen, Inc. Connecticut ; Requested “Tutorial” on Climate Change. Trump , No. 1:17 -cv-00253 (D.D.C.

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Arnold Porter

JUNE 2, 2021

EPA to Move 390 Substances to Public Portion of TSCA Inventory. The risk evaluation’s conclusions that consumer uses do not present an unreasonable risk could preempt state-level restrictions on 1,4-dioxane in personal care, cosmetic, and cleaning products such as restrictions enacted by New York in 2019.

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Law Columbia

JUNE 8, 2021

The federal district court for the District of Wyoming granted motions by conservation groups and a business coalition to intervene as respondents in the lawsuits challenging the Biden administration’s pause on new oil and gas leasing on public lands. Landry , No. 6:20-cv-00983 (W.D. May 5, 2021). Chevron Corp.

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Law Columbia

AUGUST 4, 2021

The Biden-Harris administration had identified the 2019 interpretation as an action to be reviewed under President Biden’s Executive Order 13990 on “Protecting Public Health and the Environment and Restoring Science to Tackle the Climate Crisis.” National Audubon Society v. Haaland , No. 1:20-cv-05065 (S.D.N.Y. July 23, 2021).

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Law Columbia

JULY 2, 2021

The federal district court for the Western District of Louisiana issued a nationwide preliminary injunction barring the Biden administration from implementing a “Pause” on new oil and natural gas leases on public lands or in offshore waters. Utah June 21, 2021).

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ESA

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Proposed rule will be open for public comment for 60 days. Offered each year, this award gives graduate students hands-on training and science policy experience including interacting with congressional decision-makers, federal agency officials, and ecologists who work in the science and public policy arena. Senate confirms Charles F.

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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. Upcoming Public Meetings: BLM – Public Meetings for the John Day-Snake and Southeast Oregon Resource Advisory Councils (June 23-25).

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Arnold Porter

JUNE 2, 2021

The decision to move forward comes after Klain issued a memo on January 20, 2021 directing agencies to halt publication of rules in the Federal Register until they can be reviewed and approved by a Presidential appointee or their designee. EPA is unlikely to stop with drinking water regulations for PFOA and PFOS.

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ESA

JANUARY 31, 2022

Supreme Court to hear Clean Water Act case. However, Environment and Public Works Chairman Tom Carper (D-DE) has expressed concerns that the revenues from environmental penalties are unreliable. Public comments on the proposed rule close March 28, 2022. Executive Branch. International. E&E News.

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ESA

APRIL 5, 2021

The plan includes $10 billion to establish a Civilian Climate Corps, which would put young Americans to work conserving public lands and waters and advancing environmental justice. This proposed rule is open for public comment through May 24, 2021. EPA – National Environmental Justice Advisory Council Public Meetings (May 6).

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ESA

JUNE 1, 2021

Infrastructure: The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee passed a $350 billion surface transportation authorization bill amid larger negotiations about President Biden’s infrastructure package. Legislative updates: The House Oversight and Reform Committee approved the Preventing a Patronage System Act ( H.R

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