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Smith Enviorment
DECEMBER 14, 2023
This post covers the most significant legislation affecting state water quality protections: AQUACULTURE PERMITTING Replace the existing NPDES General Permit for aquaculture operations. The Clean Water Act requires a National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit for any release of waste to surface waters.
Environmental Science
SEPTEMBER 7, 2018
National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) : Set up by the EPA to determine standards for clean water (part of the Clean Water Act). It prohibits the discharge of polluting chemicals into US waters unless a special permit is granted. 10 Key International Environmental Laws.
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Legal Planet
MAY 16, 2024
The Clean Water Act requires that industrial sources reduce their discharges, but it left two big questions unanswered: Would EPA or the states set the pollution limits? A contrary ruling would have gutted the statute, leaving water quality largely subject to state permit authorities. 743 (2015) (Justice Scalia ).
Law Columbia
OCTOBER 7, 2019
Circuit Ruled that EPA Must Consider Endangered Species in Setting Renewable Fuel Standards. Circuit Court of Appeals sent the 2018 Renewable Fuel Standards rule back to EPA after finding that EPA failed to comply with requirements of the Endangered Species Act.
Law Columbia
FEBRUARY 10, 2020
Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) acted arbitrarily and capriciously when it designated the northern long-eared bat as “threatened” rather than “endangered” under the Endangered Species Act. Northern Plains Resource Council v.
ESA
MARCH 14, 2022
Jared Huffman (D-CA), sent a letter to EPA Administrator Michael Regan, expressing their disappointment in the EPA’s January 2022 announcement to restart the Clean Water Act review process for protecting Bristol Bay, Alaska. Applegate is a career USGS employee who has served as the acting USGS director for the past year.
ESA
JANUARY 31, 2022
Interior Department seeks nominations for the Invasive Species Advisory Council. Supreme Court to hear Clean Water Act case. Clean Water Act: In what will be one of the most important final environmental rulings in the history of the U.S., Executive Branch. International. E&E News.
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