Union of Concerned Scientists
JANUARY 22, 2024
Industrial meat and poultry slaughterhouses dump millions of pounds of pollutants into the nation’s waters every year. The federal Clean Water Act directs the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to set and enforce the rules that regulate this pollution.
Circle of Blue
DECEMBER 1, 2022
Court of Appeals issued a ruling that lends legal muscle to a five-year old petition that Food & Water Watch and 36 allies filed to compel the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to update CAFO permitting regulations. to issue new rules that limit discharges of CAFO wastes into waters. Water worries.
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Vermont Law
APRIL 19, 2019
Environmental Protection Agency, and U.S. The study showed that there was a hydraulic connection between the Lahaina Wastewater Reclamation Facility (LWRF) and the water off the coast of Kaanapali. The United States District Court for the District of Hawai‘i ruled in favor of the environmental organizations. GLENN ET AL.,
PA Environment Daily
MARCH 6, 2024
During his tenure, the Commission advanced significant water resource policy and management measures for the benefit of over 14 million people, including-- -- Providing coordinated regulatory efficiency "One Process One Permit" programs with multiple state environmental protection agencies. -- Executing collaborative measures to manage significant, (..)
Circle of Blue
SEPTEMBER 16, 2022
Fifty years ago the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement was signed and the Clean Water Act was enacted to clear pollution from the region’s waters. clean water statute, though, give farmers and their wastes special treatment. A Weakened National Imperative. Both the bi-national agreement and the U.S.
The Energy Law Blog
APRIL 25, 2016
On April 21, 2016 the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit denied several petitions for rehearing en banc a Sixth Circuit panel decision that looked at which courts (federal district court or federal courts of appeal) have original jurisdiction to hear challenges to the EPA’s Clean Water Rule. 3d 804 (6th Cir.
Circle of Blue
FEBRUARY 8, 2023
How is it possible that legislation billed as an environmental protection statute ends up as a primary threat to clean water and communities? Agricultural nutrient pollution is the primary reason that the Clean Water Act has not come close to meeting its “fishable and swimmable” goal for US surface waters.
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