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Ongoing Battle to Keep Toxic Chemicals at Bay

Circle of Blue

And it left Steglitz irritated that he and his staff have to spend so much energy reacting to chemical threats that compromise Ann Arbor’s drinking water. “It’s The Clean Water Act, a landmark federal pollution control law passed in 1972, cleaned up American waterways once fouled by industrial waste.

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NRDC: Regulation Is Too Weak For Radioactive Oil And Gas Drilling Wastewater, Other Waste

PA Environment Daily

A new NRDC report describes these risks and how weak regulations fail to appropriately protect workers and communities. Despite the clear health risks, there are no dedicated federal regulations to ensure comprehensive and safer management of radioactive oil and gas materials. What does this mean for workers and communities?

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Delaware River Basin Commission Executive Director Steve Tambini Announces Retirement

PA Environment Daily

Tambini has served in the role since 2014. Click Here to sign up for regulator updates. On March 6, Delaware River Basin Commission Executive Director Steve Tambini announced at the Commission's Quarterly Business Meeting he will retire effective December 1. Follow DRBC on Twitter. Visit them on YouTube.

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Interfaith Partners For The Chesapeake Bay Host April 4 Caring For Our Local Waterways Webinar

PA Environment Daily

Dean served as the first Upper Neuse Riverkeeper for over seven years, and later became the first Yadkin Riverkeeper in 2008, where he also served as Executive Director until 2014. She also served as a Policy Fellow for the Chesapeake Climate Action Network, as well as a canvasser for U.S

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DEP: Widespread Presence Of PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’ In Fresh Water Leading Shale Gas Operators To Use Contaminated Water In Fracking Operations; DEP Doesn’t Require Routine PFAS Testing

PA Environment Daily

An October 2014 DEP memo still in use today by the Oil and Gas Program and by the Act 2 Land Recycling Program spells out the chemicals and other constituents oil and gas operators and DEP test for during investigations and cleanups of spills and releases. Read more here. Send comments to: PaEnviroDigest@gmail.com.)

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Elk River Spill Aftermath: Do We Need New Regulations and From Whom?

Vermont Law

The Freedom Industries chemical spill in Charleston, West Virginia exposed holes in state and federal regulations for chemical storage tanks. On January 9, 2014, a chemical tank at Freedom Industries in Charleston, West Virginia, leaked into the Elk River. Summary: . A new Senate bill – S. By Ashley Welsch. have addressed the spill.

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EPA and Army Corps of Engineers Propose Significant Revisions to Definition of “Waters of the United States”

The Energy Law Blog

On March 25, 2014, the Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and the Army Corps of Engineers (“Corps”) jointly released a proposed rule purporting to clarify the scope of the “waters of the United States” protected under the Clean Water Act. In the current regulation at 40 C.F.R. United States, 547 U.S.