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The Supreme Court Looks for a Middle Ground to Determine When Clean Water Act Permit is Required for Discharges to Groundwater

The Energy Law Blog

where the Court held that, in limited circumstances, a party discharging pollutants into groundwater that ultimately end up in navigable waters will need a permit under the Clean Water Act. Hawaii Wildlife Fund, et al. 33 U.S.C. §§ 1311(a), 1362(12)(A); see also 33 U.S.C. 1342 (NPDES provisions).

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Regulating the Regulators: Supreme Court Allows Judicial Review of Clean Water Act Determinations

The Energy Law Blog

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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DEP To Hold Hearings April 24 On Water Quality Permits For Two Warehouse Projects In Monroe County

PA Environment Daily

which qualify for special protections under the federal Clean Water Act. For further information, contact Colleen Connolly, Community Relations Coordinator of DEP’s Northeast Regional Office at (570) 826-2035. which qualify for special protections under the federal Clean Water Act.

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Court Dismisses Permitting Challenges to the U.S.’s First Major Offshore Wind Project

The Energy Law Blog

The plaintiffs in these cases also challenge the adequacy of the agencies’ assessments under NEPA and the ESA, as well as under the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act, the Clean Water Act, and the Marine Mammal Protection Act. Communications include firm news, insights, and events.

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DEP Begins Accepting Applications For $103.4 Million In Abandoned Mine Reclamation Grants Starting Oct. 24

PA Environment Daily

For assistance with the eGrants System please contact the Department of Community and Economic Development’s Customer Service Center by email at ra-dcedcs@pa.gov or by phone at 1.800.379.7448. Seif, Former EPA Region III Administrator, Secretary of DEP [PaEN] [Posted: October 12, 2022] PA Environment Digest

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What is a Nurdle?

Ocean Conservancy

Please try again or contact 1.888.780.6763 Enter Your Email.loading Thanks for signing up for Ocean Conservancy emails. In the United States, we have laws that regulate pollution and emissions from manufacturing through the Clean Water Act. Are they natural? How did they get on the beach? Love ocean content?

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Citizen Suits and Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plans

Environmental Crimes

.  Environmental groups and enterprising plaintiffs’ firms are now using the citizen suit provisions of the Clean Water Act as a business model.   The Clean Water Act authorizes citizens to hold regulated entities accountable through private actions in federal court for violations of the Clean Water Act