Acoel

MARCH 27, 2023

The court also acknowledged that the Supreme Court is currently considering the scope of jurisdiction under the Clean Water Act. The court specifically pointed out that, unlike Justice Kennedy’s test, the 2023 WOTUS rule defines “interstate waters” as jurisdictional regardless of navigability.

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APRIL 28, 2020

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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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Lisa Johnson, the attorney representing Latkanich said, “It was news to me that the Department is admitting that there's a widespread presence of PFAS in public water sources. “I Testing results from the University of Pittsburgh found PFAS in the water well and other locations in the Latkanich home. See Paragraph 71 in appeal.]

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FEBRUARY 15, 2023

The Clean Water Act, a landmark federal pollution control law passed in 1972, cleaned up American waterways once fouled by industrial waste. But the act was focused largely on making rivers fishable and swimmable — not keeping them free of contaminants that can sully drinking water.

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OCTOBER 10, 2022

All of this was addressed to US Attorney Dick Thornburgh and accompanied by a demand that the Department of Justice take action under the Rivers and Harbors act of 1899. The samples had been gathered by two Penn State McKeesport Campus faculty members, and tested at the Allegheny County Testing Lab.

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

Regan also said that the EPA will propose a draft regulation in November that would define the waterbodies that are regulated by the Clean Water Act. Those results for Mead and Powell were derived from the “stress test” hydrology: basically constraining future outcomes to the conditions that were experienced from 1988 to 2019.

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Law and Environment

MAY 31, 2023

Environmental Protection Agency , which significantly narrowed the Clean Water Act’s (“CWA”) test for determining whether wetlands are protected “waters of the United States” and the federal permitting requirements for development projects in covered wetlands areas.

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Acoel

JULY 29, 2021

And on remand the District Court held that due to the proximity of the point source to the navigable water at issue (the ocean), the short duration of travel time through the groundwater, the large volume of pollutants discharged and other factors, the County of Maui’s wastewater reclamation facility required an NPDES permit.

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Acoel

OCTOBER 1, 2022

The Court’s embrace of the ill-defined “ major questions doctrine ” as the rationale for refusing to give any deference to EPA’s admittedly “plausible” interpretation of section 111 d of the Clean Air Act has raised the specter of the Court’s conservative majority taking a sharp axe to any number of environmental regulations.

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Ohio Environmental Law

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

EPA) and the Army Corps of Engineers (ACOE) issued a direct final rule without public comment amending the definition of the “Waters of the United States” (WOTUS) which governs the scope of federal jurisdiction under the Clean Water Act (CWA). EPA issued the rule to conform its regulations to the ruling of the U.S.

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Environmental News Bits

OCTOBER 29, 2021

Method 1633 is for use in the Clean Water Act (CWA) for the determination of the per- andpolyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in Table 1 in aqueous, solid (soil, biosolids, sediment) and tissuesamples by liquid chromatography/mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS). Download the document. Read more →

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 31, 2023

The good news is that it appears there have been no public health impacts and that the warning and testing systems in place did their job, according to city officials. What’s more is that the Source Water Protection Plans , which include recommendations for computer models, technology, and monitoring of water resources, served their purpose.

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The Energy Law Blog

JANUARY 2, 2024

EPA decision redefining waters of the United States (“WOTUS”) to end a ten-year conflict between the U.S. Army Corp of Engineers (“USACE”) and a Louisiana landowner over the agency’s Clean Water Act (“CWA”) jurisdiction over the subject property. In Lewis v. United States , Case No.

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

On Reporting Spills, Releases; Draft 2024 Integrated Water Quality Report With Water Resources Advisory Committee Sept. 21 [PaEN] [Posted: September 19, 2023] PA Environment Digest

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OCTOBER 4, 2023

Under the [federal] Clean Water Act, the plant will have 60 days to come into compliance or face a lawsuit from the groups. Gina Hogue with BVPV Styrenics said in an email that many of the allegations “are inconsistent with our operations, our products, and our testing and permit compliance.

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SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

EPA) and the Army Corps of Engineers (ACOE) issued a direct final rule without public comment amending the definition of the “Waters of the United States” (WOTUS) which governs the scope of federal jurisdiction under the Clean Water Act (CWA). EPA issued the rule to conform its regulations to the ruling of the U.S.

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JULY 26, 2022

A Bureau of Sanitation staff member holds test water samples from the L.A. The samples are tested twice a week for the presence of E. Heavily contaminated water samples collected from the L.A. River inside a laboratory of the Donald C. Tillman Reclamation Plant. coli bacteria.

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JANUARY 17, 2024

This led to the idea of removing 50,000 pounds of trash for the 50th anniversary of the Clean Water Act in 2022. As a member of the York County Stream Team , Pizziketti regularly tests stream water quality. “We knew that this amount of trash would quickly fill the 30-yard dumpster we had,” she continued.

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MARCH 6, 2023

These states have water testing requirements but unclear, or entirely nonexistent, remediation procedures when lead is detected. The poor grades and lack of policies are especially jarring for officials in Michigan, Michigan Radio reports , where nearly a decade ago the Flint water crisis began.

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The Energy Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Army Corps of Engineers published a final rule narrowing the scope of “waters of the United States” (WOTUS) under the Clean Water Act (CWA) such that certain wetlands are removed from federal jurisdiction. On September 8, 2023, EPA and the U.S. The final rule revises the agency regulations in light of the U.S.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2022

Additional services that may be provided by the team include regulatory support for Clean Water Act, Resources Conservation and Recovery Act, Comprehensive Environmental Restoration Compensation and Liability Act, Clean Air Act, National Environmental Policy Act, Oil Pollution Act, and other federal, state, and local environmental programs.

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 27, 2021

Bedrock federal environmental, health, and safety laws have gaping loopholes and exemptions that allow radioactive oil and gas materials to go virtually unregulated, including the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act that governs waste management, the Atomic Energy Act, the Clean Water Act, the Safe Drinking Water Act, and the Clean Air Act.

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Acoel

JUNE 6, 2023

Posted on June 6, 2023 by Karen Aldridge Crawford This long-awaited decision by SCOTUS in favor of the Sacketts finally put to rest the debate over the “significant nexus” test which was derived from Justice Kennedy’s solo opinion in Rapanos v. EPA ENDS “SIGNIFICANT NEXUS” TEST appeared first on ACOEL. United States, 547 U.S.

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APRIL 23, 2020

Supreme Court issued a major ruling interpreting the breadth and scope of the Clean Water Act in County of Maui v. A source of ongoing debate over the scope of the Clean Water Act has been to what extent does the statute regulate discharges when they come into contact with groundwater?

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The Energy Law Blog

MARCH 3, 2017

The opinion finds that the district court correctly concluded that SLFPA-E’s state law tort claims raised federal issues insofar as each claim drew upon federal laws (the Rivers and Harbors Act and the Clean Water Act) to ostensibly create the requisite standard of care forming the basis of the SLFPA-E’s negligence claim.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 25, 2021

27-28 PA Statewide Watershed Conference - Nov. 7-8, Webinars Nov. 10-11 Keystone Coldwater Conference + PA Chapter Of American Fisheries Society Feb. 25-26 Supporting Member PA Organization For Watersheds & Rivers; PA Outdoor Writers Assn.;

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Vermont Law

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

Testing revealed PFAS contamination in communities across the country, often near. Efforts to protect public health and the environment from PFAS have been hampered by major gaps in both federal and state law and the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) unwillingness to act. Toxic Substances Control Act. military bases.

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Greenbuilding Law

JULY 4, 2021

a list that could only exist in a government regulation or a cognitive ability test for the term that does not belong) each are exempted from being calculated for the purposes of a State Plan under the 2016 Exceptional Events Rule ( 41 CFR 50.14 ), “Fireworks displays. Wildfires, high winds, volcanoes and fireworks” (.

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FEBRUARY 8, 2015

In March of 2014, the EPA and the Army Corps of Engineers issued an “interpretive rule” regarding section 404 of the Clean Water Act, circumventing a notice and comment period. Under the Administrative Procedure Act (APA), “interpretive rules” are merely advisory and do not carry the force of law. Summary. : Conclusion.

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JANUARY 6, 2020

The EMC and water quality staff in the Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) spent seven years developing a nutrient management strategy to address water quality standard violations in Jordan Lake as required by the federal Clean Water Act and by state water quality laws. That isn’t broken.

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 17, 2023

He described the first farm assessments as “sort of a first testing phase.” Last year, Ortiz said the agency would increase water-related compliance and inspection efforts in Pennsylvania because the state is far behind in its Bay cleanup efforts. More are likely. It’s going to just take time.”

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Legal Planet

AUGUST 4, 2022

What wetlands and waterbodies does the Clean Water Act protect? A little quick background: The term “navigable waters” traditionally meant water bodies that could be used for transportation. When it passed the Clean Water Act, Congress redefined the term to mean “waters of the United States.”

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APRIL 6, 2015

In 2010, following years of missed deadlines, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) jumped into the morass by exercising its power under the Clean Water Act. EPA established an accountability framework and state water pollution limits (TMDLs) for nitrogen, phosphorus, and sediment.

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Law and Environment

JUNE 6, 2022

Last week, EPA released its proposed “ Clean Water Act Section 401 Water Quality Certification Improvement Rule ”. I’m going to focus on one in particular, because it could be a good test of just how far the current Supreme Court is willing to go to limit the authority of the executive branch.

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MAY 31, 2023

Typhoon Mawar, the largest storm to hit Guam since 2002, has left many residents without water or electricity. In Senegal , water-saving farming methods are producing higher rice yields while improving soil health. The attempt succeeded. from polluters and development.

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) : Set up by the EPA to determine standards for clean water (part of the Clean Water Act). It prohibits the discharge of polluting chemicals into US waters unless a special permit is granted. They are designed to protect human and ecological health.

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MARCH 21, 2023

Army Corps of Engineers for violating both the National Environmental Policy Act and Clean Water Act in a proposed expansion of a lakefront sediment dumping site. The grant is funded by a $64 million settlement the state received from Volkswagen after the car company was found to be cheating its emissions tests.

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