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‘A Tsunami of Human Waste’: Half of South Africa’s Sewage Treatment Works Are Failing, Says Report

Circle of Blue

The number of critical treatment works listed in the last report – from 2013 – was 248. The average Green Drop score across all provinces in 2013 was 61%. The report notes, “The effluent quality must comply to 90% [in total] with the authorised limits for the respective categories.”. Photo © Steve Kretzmann / CCIJ.

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First District Holds LA’s Water Allocations To Agricultural Lessees Were Authorized Under Existing Leases And Did Not Constitute Or Implement A Separate “Project” Subject to CEQA Review

CEQA Developments

The leases divided the acreage into “dry” lease and “irrigated” lease categories, stating that “water supplies to all land classified for leased irrigation (alfalfa and pasture) will be delivered in an amount not to exceed five (5) acre-feet per acre per irrigation season.” Under these circumstances, extra-record evidence is appropriate.

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Action: 2019 Budget

Smith Enviorment

The 2019 legislative session got off to a very slow start. The project, restoration of Little Alamance Creek in Burlington, was completed in 2012-2013. The general permits set operating conditions for different categories of farms to protect surface water and groundwater from contamination by animal waste. July 9, 2019.

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CEQA Remedies Go Both Ways:  Fourth District Reverses Judgment Upholding San Diego County Board’s Decision Granting Project Opponents’ Administrative Appeal, Holds Board Erred In Finding CEQA Guidelines Section 15183 Statutory Exemption Inapplicable And Ordering EIR Prepared for Exempt Industrial Project

CEQA Developments

City of Dublin (2013) 214 Cal.App.4th Citing Concerned Dublin Citizens v. 4th 1301, 1311 (my 4/10/13 post on which can be found here ); Lucas v. City of Pomona (2023) 92 Cal.App.5th 5th 508, 538 (my 6/27/23 post on which can be found here ); see Pub.

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Chesapeake Bay Foundation's 2022 State Of The Bay Score Unchanged, States Must Focus On Agriculture, Stormwater Pollution

PA Environment Daily

With many new leaders taking charge – EPA administrators, governors, legislators, and within environmental organizations – we have an opportunity to prove that restoring clean water is possible. CBF scientists compile and examine the best available data and information for 13 indicators in three categories: pollution, habitat, and fisheries.

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Representative Of Conventional Oil & Gas Well Drillers Compares Their History In PA To The Holy Bible - But He Left Out Some Parts

PA Environment Daily

D&I Silica was sold to Hi-Crush Partners in 2013 for $125 million. And I submit to you that the bulk of wells that are abandoned or orphaned are from the Old Testament category on the left.” Read more here.] Read more here.

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The New Environmental Rights Amendment to the New York Constitution

E2 Law Blog

All these issues seem to cry out for legislative or regulatory elaboration on the constitutional text. That test made constitutionality depend primarily on compliance with legislative or administrative standards, and therefore deprived the constitutional standard of any serious independent content. Kassab , 312 A.2d 2d 86, 94 (Pa.