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Remedies for Harmful Algal Blooms Are Available in Law and Practice

Circle of Blue

China requires its large livestock operations to treat manure, in some cases with engineered wastewater treatment plants, before spreading livestock wastes on farmland. The federal Clean Water Act includes specific provisions to limit pollution from such “point sources” of contamination. Carl Ganter/ Circle of Blue.

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The New Environmental Rights Amendment to the New York Constitution

E2 Law Blog

After all, New York’s air permitting regime is based on health-based emissions standards derived from the federal Clean Air Act. The same goes for New York’s clean water regulations, which in some ways go beyond the dictates of the federal Clean Water Act. Envt’l Def. Commonwealth , 161 A.3d

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Action: 2019 Budget

Smith Enviorment

Additional funds to address emerging contaminants through water quality permitting. The positions include two new engineers to work on issuance and renewal of Clean Water Act wastewater discharge permits. The project, restoration of Little Alamance Creek in Burlington, was completed in 2012-2013.

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ESA Policy News: August 16, 2021

ESA

Advances in attribution science since the last report was issued in 2013 have allowed experts to connect individual events to climate change with more certainty. The bill also contains $55 billion for water infrastructure which includes $10 billion for the clean-up of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) and other emerging contaminants.

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November 2017 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

Law Columbia

As Compliance Date for Methane Waste Rule Nears, California Federal Court Ruled That BLM Could Not Postpone Compliance, Oil and Gas Trade Groups Again Asked Wyoming Federal Court for Preliminary Injunction. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. Army Corps of Engineers had violated the Clean Water Act.

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