2011 2013 Clean Water Act Politics 
Circle of Blue
FEBRUARY 2, 2022
On November 16, 2011, at 6:12 p.m., His parents, Gary and Shari Peters, documented six more kids in Aurora diagnosed with cancer from 2005 to 2013. Politically powerful farm lobbies, preferring voluntary measures to curb nutrient pollution, have held off oversight under the Clean Water Act and other statutes.
Vermont Law
APRIL 6, 2015
The Bay’s grade is a “C,” unchanged since 2012 when the 2011 “D+” was upgraded to a “C.” 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. In 2011, Maryland legislators passed the Fertilizer Use Act.
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Law Columbia
FEBRUARY 10, 2020
The majority said it “reluctantly” concluded that “the plaintiffs’ case must be made to the political branches or to the electorate at large” and “[t]hat the other branches may have abdicated their responsibility to remediate the problem does not confer on Article III courts, no matter how well-intentioned, the ability to step into their shoes.”
Law Columbia
NOVEMBER 7, 2017
The court said the plaintiff had not alleged an injury connected to any particular action or law and that her allegations instead suggested disagreements with the defendants’ policy positions, which made her claims nonjusticiable political questions. Army Corps of Engineers had violated the Clean Water Act.
Arnold Porter
AUGUST 26, 2021
In the first complaint, the Center alleged that a chemical manufacturer and importer headquartered in Akron, Ohio, had failed to report 843,047 pounds of tetrabromobisphenol A bis(2,3-dibromopropyl ether) and five other substances that it imported during the 2013–2015 reporting period. The House bill ( H.R. 33926 (June 28, 2021).]]
Arnold Porter
JUNE 2, 2021
Following the transition between administrations, EPA withdrew the January version, finding that its conclusions had been compromised by political interference.[[N:News The rule will impose a one-time reporting requirement on persons who have manufactured PFAS in any year since January 1, 2011. 9, 2021).]] 14560 (Mar. 17, 2021).]]
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