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EPA’s Proposed Rule on Vessel Incidental Discharges Brings VIDA One Step Closer to Full Implementation

The Energy Law Blog

When the deadline passed, environmental groups sued the EPA alleging that the EPA’s delay violated the Clean Water Act. The VGP requires Lakers built after January 1, 2009, or “New Lakers,” to meet its numeric ballast water discharge standard.

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UNC Nutrient Study: It’s Deja Vu All Over Again (Apologies to Yogi Berra)

Smith Enviorment

The short version: A three year, multi-million dollar study has confirmed the science and policy underlying the 2009 Jordan Lake water quality rules. In 2009, the EMC adopted rules to implement the final nutrient management strategy. Later in 2009, the legislature adopted the first of.a Background. UNC Findings.

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Short-Changing Michigan Local Governments Has Resulted in Deteriorating Water Systems and Other Services

Circle of Blue

Much of the water and sewer infrastructure in Michigan began with a huge move by the federal government to fund the building of water and sewer systems starting in the late 19 th century. The federal government passed the Clean Water Act in 1972, and spending on drinking water and wastewater systems skyrocketed.

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Must CEQA Compliance Precede Project Approval? When State Water Board Water Quality Certifications Are Involved, The Answer Is As “Clear as Mud”

CEQA Developments

In the area of State Water Resources Control Board (“SWRCB” or the “State Board”) water quality certifications (“WQCs”) under the Federal Clean Water Act (“CWA”; 33 U.S.C § 1251 et seq), this bedrock principle appears to have been watered down, and it may be significantly eroding under pressure from a preemptive federal law deadline.

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D.C. Circuit Upholds EPA Authority to Retroactively Veto CWA Section 404 Permits Issued by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

The Energy Law Blog

Circuit Court of Appeals held that the EPA’s veto authority under section 404(c) of the Clean Water Act (CWA), 33 U.S.C.§ In 2009, the EPA requested that the Corps revoke or modify the Mingo permit, but the Corps refused, finding no factors present requiring modification. Army Corps of Engineers (“Corps”).

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Chesapeake Bay Journal: EPA Launches More Collaborative Water Quality Impact Assessments Of PA Farms

PA Environment Daily

Changing the narrative The state’s problems were apparent as far back as 2009 when the EPA made a series of unannounced inspections on mostly Amish farms in Lancaster County’s Watson Run watershed. The EPA’s Clean Water Act authority over farms is generally limited to large, concentrated animal feeding operations or CAFOs.

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JBS fires indigenous worker in Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil, for reporting precarious company buses, says union

Corp Watch

EEOC says JBS violated Muslim worker rights-report Reuters | September 5, 2009 A federal panel has ruled that the U.S. The US is technically the world’s largest beef producer, but meatpacking companies from Brazil, the second largest country-of-origin, are consolidating the industry. arm of Brazilian meatpacking giant JBS SA JBSS3.SA