2012 Clean Water Act Environmental Protection 
Union of Concerned Scientists
OCTOBER 17, 2024
It is mind- bog -gling, syllable pun intended, that scientists still do not know how many wetlands lost protection in last year’s crippling of the Clean Water Act by the Supreme Court. The buffering effect of the wetlands spared many communities in the area the worst of flooding from Superstorm Sandy in 2012.
The Energy Law
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). 22250 (Apr.
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PA Environment Daily
SEPTEMBER 20, 2023
The determination involved a water well owned by Bryan Latkanich near Fredericktown, Washington County that was approximately 500 feet away and down-gradient from two shale gas wells on a pad originally developed by Chevron Appalachia, but now owned by EQT CHAP, LLC, a subsidiary of EQT Corporation. Read more here.
The Energy Law
JULY 25, 2013
To understand the stormwater permit requirements for oil and gas activities, you need to review not only the regulations that remain in force, but also the Clean Water Act as amended by the Energy Policy Act of 2005. United States Environmental Protection Agency , 526 F.3d CWA §402(l)(2). 3d 591 (9th Cir.
The Energy Law
SEPTEMBER 16, 2014
The United States and the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection alleged that the company impounded streams and discharged dirt, sand, rocks and other materials into streams and wetlands without permits to construct well pads, pipeline stream crossings, surface impoundments, and other structures relating to natural gas extraction.
PA Environment Daily
NOVEMBER 14, 2022
In 2012, the Coalition was formed with the mission to obtain national and federal recognition for the Delaware River Watershed. Today, we’re a collective of over 180 nonprofits, and together we advocate to advance sound conservation and clean water policy. “The Environmental Protection Agency.
Vermont Law
APRIL 6, 2015
University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science recently released the 2014 Chesapeake Bay Report Card. The Bay’s grade is a “C,” unchanged since 2012 when the 2011 “D+” was upgraded to a “C.” EPA established an accountability framework and state water pollution limits (TMDLs) for nitrogen, phosphorus, and sediment.
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