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Federal Water Tap, February 21: EPA Watchdog Will Investigate Agency’s Drinking Water Lead Response in Michigan City

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Financial Assessments for Clean Water Act Compliance. Environmental Protection Agency is taking another swing at defining key concepts that govern Clean Water Act requirements for wastewater utilities. With the funds, the Biden administration aims to complete cleanups at 22 priority sites by 2030.

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Late 2018 — Bits and Pieces

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Also, a different set of environmental challenges: drought and drinking water supply; rhinoceros poaching; managing heavily vegetated bush and grassland habitat; and protecting the Cape’s extraordinary biodiversity. Governor Roy Cooper issued an executive order on climate change and clean energy.

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Farms in Six Southeast Michigan Counties Are Major Sources of Lake Erie Toxic Blooms

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Her finding revealed a major source of phosphorus that drains from farmland and contributed to the harmful algal bloom that shut down Toledo’s drinking water plant for three days the year before. The 1972 Clean Water Act immunizes crop farmers from government regulations to control agricultural runoff.

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Maryland Adopts 42 New Environmental Laws in 2021

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Time and space do not allow a recitation of the bills that failed, but many did not pass in a session that was widely heralded as successful, including a much discussed Senate bill that would have made broad changes to Maryland’s approach to reducing statewide GHG emissions and addressing climate change that was not well received in the House.

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