PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

The DEP and USGS report published the findings of a 2019 survey studying the prevalence and distribution of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) across surface waters in Pennsylvania.

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OCTOBER 4, 2022

In contrast, V-SCI is the passion project of an all volunteer group of graduate students, formed in 2019. The most useful evidence to support legal actions demonstrate violations of environmental protections afforded by laws like the Endangered Species Act and the Clean Water Act.

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AUGUST 11, 2022

Dakota Finance LLC decision from the Fourth Circuit, the Court concluded in a split decision that a South Carolina enforcement action was insufficient to preclude a citizens suit commenced pursuant to Clean Water Act § 505(a)(1), notwithstanding the provisions of Clean Water Act § 309(g)(6)(A)(ii).

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E2 Law Blog

MAY 10, 2021

MDE has adopted this approach to satisfy, in part, the State’s obligations to comply with the Chesapeake Bay Total Maximum Daily Load for nutrients and solids under the federal Clean Water Act. In 2019, we noted on this blog the Maryland Court of Appeals’ decision in Md. 2019), cert. Term 2019 (Md.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

“Because that widespread use has come into contact with the natural environment for decades, PFAS chemicals have been detected in groundwater and surface water in various parts of the world, including rivers in Southwest Pennsylvania and water from some Pennsylvania public water supplies.” In December 2019, Gov.

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The Energy Law Blog

AUGUST 29, 2022

The permit was issued under the Clean Water Act in March 2019 – the same year the project received FERC approval – and will allow construction crews to “clear, grade, excavate and place fill material” on site to build the plant, which is being built on a 1,000-acre site on the west bank of the Calcasieu River, south of Lake Charles. [1]

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FEBRUARY 11, 2022

The Iowa Supreme Court’s more recent brush with agricultural pollution of the Raccoon River arose out of a complaint filed in state court in 2019 by two public interest groups against the state of Iowa and the Iowa agencies and officials responsible for administering the state’s environmental and agricultural programs.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 12, 2022

Since 2019-20, thousands of Pennsylvania drivers have voluntarily donated $3 when renewing their driver’s license or vehicle registration online. We also acknowledge the pivotal role CBF played in getting the Keystone Tree Restricted Account passed by the legislature and signed into law three years ago. Read more here.]

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Clean Energy Law

JULY 16, 2019

The July 2019 notice asserts that CERCLA confers significant discretion on the agency. EPA’s decision to forego financial requirements will likely face opposition by eNGOs. By Claudia M. O’Brien and Stacey L. VanBelleghem. What’s Next?

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JANUARY 15, 2023

In June, 2021, DEP released final sampling results collected from public water systems which do not indicate widespread PFAS contamination in those systems. Read more here.

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Vermont Law

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

Efforts to protect public health and the environment from PFAS have been hampered by major gaps in both federal and state law and the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) unwillingness to act. for PFAS in February 2019 despite having strong evidence linking PFAS exposure to adverse health impacts for almost. Action Plan. ”

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Law Columbia

DECEMBER 5, 2019

This blog is based on a talk given to the Climate Change: Response and Resilience Leadership Forum at Columbia University on November 20, 2019, sponsored by RenaissanceRe. By Michael B. We know that, mostly as a result of climate change, extreme weather events are becoming more frequent and severe.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

The proposal is in response to a discussion DEP has been having with the General Assembly since 2019 over clarifying spill notification requirements and who gets to decide when DEP is notified. DEP is required by the federal Clean Water Act to submit a report to the U.S. Read more here.] Click Here for DEP’s presentation.

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

The 1972 Clean Water Act immunizes crop farmers from government regulations to control agricultural runoff. In 2019, Ohio launched H2Ohio, a $172 million multi-year project to bring algal blooms under control by encouraging farmers to adopt voluntary pollution reduction management practices on 1.6

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JULY 12, 2021

But in the face of coalitions challenging the first 10 evaluations, EPA seems to have taken a step back, stating its deference “resulted in a failure to consistently and comprehensively address potential exposures to potentially exposed or susceptible subpopulations.”

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JANUARY 30, 2019

January 30, 2019. Those “other” sources of authority could include federal Clean Water Act permits issued to local governments for municipal stormwater discharges and local government power under state law to regulate land use. Leopard: Thornybush Game Preserve (photo G.Whaley).

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JANUARY 6, 2020

On December 23, 2019, the UNC Policy Collaboratory released a legislatively mandated report on nutrient pollution in Jordan Lake. The short version: A three year, multi-million dollar study has confirmed the science and policy underlying the 2009 Jordan Lake water quality rules. January 6, 2020. Background. That isn’t broken.

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Circle of Blue

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

The Clean Water Act is a clunky instrument for addressing diffuse pollution. Nonetheless, when the LEBOR special election was held in February 2019, 60 percent of Toledons voted their approval despite an opposition campaign backed by the Texas-based oil company, BP North America. Even its community champions knew that.

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Corp Watch

MARCH 1, 2024

The JBS meat grinder in Brazil: 7 work accidents a day Marcos Hermanson Pomar | O Joio e o Trigo | December 12, 2020 Com receita líquida global de R$ 204 bilhões em 2019, a empresa goiana JBS – fundada em 1953, na cidade de Anápolis – é a quarta maior empresa do ramo de alimentos no planeta. arm of Brazilian meatpacking giant JBS SA JBSS3.SA

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Corp Watch

MARCH 1, 2024

The JBS meat grinder in Brazil: 7 work accidents a day Marcos Hermanson Pomar | O Joio e o Trigo | December 12, 2020 Com receita líquida global de R$ 204 bilhões em 2019, a empresa goiana JBS – fundada em 1953, na cidade de Anápolis – é a quarta maior empresa do ramo de alimentos no planeta. arm of Brazilian meatpacking giant JBS SA JBSS3.SA

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 28, 2021

On October 26, the federal Chesapeake Bay Program announced an estimated 33 percent of the Chesapeake Bay and its tidal tributaries met water quality standards attainment during the 2017—2019 assessment period. Experts mainly attribute this decline to unusually wet weather in 2018 and 2019.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 17, 2024

USA: Formosa Plastics’ Pollution of Texas Waterways Hit by Civil Trial, Protests Center for Biological Diversity | March 25, 2019 Fishermen, community leaders and activists spoke out against Formosa Plastics’ pollution of Texas waterways today as a federal civil trial of the company began here. James Parish air David J.

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MAY 2, 2022

billion infrastructure package that allocated federal funds that Congress had appropriated in the last two years in the American Rescue Plan Act and the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. In March, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and the state Legislature negotiated and passed a $4.7

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APRIL 19, 2019

The Clean Water Act (CWA) and grant programs contained in the Farm Bill are the primary federal mechanisms for curbing agricultural water pollution. However, these structures have not sufficiently addressed agriculture’s impact on the nation’s water resources. MARY JANE ANGELO AND JAMES F. appeared first on.

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Law Columbia

OCTOBER 7, 2019

On October 1, 2019, the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals denied fossil fuel companies’ motion for a stay pending their appeal of the district court order remanding Baltimore’s climate change lawsuit against the companies to state court. Pursuant to a consent order, the remand order will not be entered until October 10, 2019.

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JUNE 6, 2023

In its friend of the court brief in the Idaho case, the American Petroleum Association, the American Gas Association, and the Association for Oil Pipelines complained that the Clean Water Act led to a permitting system so “onerous” that the failure to obtain a permit after years of waiting “can be ruinous.”

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DECEMBER 20, 2021

NSF: The annual 2020 Survey of Earned Doctorates , compiled by the National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, finds that the number of doctorate recipients in the life sciences decreased slightly from 12,753 in 2019 to 12,561 in 2020. EPA – Proposed Settlement Agreement, Clean Water Act.

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Circle of Blue

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

In the United States, excess nutrients build up in waterways from Lake Erie to the Gulf of Mexico, precipitating algae outbreaks that kill fish, close public drinking water utilities, and pollute water. billion in farm sales in 2019. Toxic Water, Toxic Crops. It did not get very far. Carl Ganter/ Circle of Blue.

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APRIL 23, 2020

Supreme Court issued a major ruling interpreting the breadth and scope of the Clean Water Act in County of Maui v. A source of ongoing debate over the scope of the Clean Water Act has been to what extent does the statute regulate discharges when they come into contact with groundwater?

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 22, 2021

District Court vacated the previous administration’s rollback to Section 401 of the Clean Water Act in a consolidated legal action involving multiple states, tribes, and non-profit groups seeking review of the Trump rule. On October 21, a judge for the U.S. Click Here for a copy of the judge’s order.

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ESA

OCTOBER 24, 2022

ESA and other scientific societies file brief arguing that the interpretation of the Clean Water Act is inherently founded on science. Clean Water Act at 50: environmental gains, challenges unmet – Associated Press. In this issue: Apply for the 2023 Katherine S. McArthur Graduate Student Policy Award.

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Circle of Blue

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

In 2019 the company applied its product to end a harmful bloom on Chippewa Lake in Ohio. The federal Clean Water Act includes specific provisions to limit pollution from such “point sources” of contamination. Peroxide is the active ingredient. Early results have indicated promising success.

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MAY 19, 2022

Outside of bird protection acts of the early 20 th century, protections for water, air and the atmosphere are a late 20 th -century development, created in the wake of Rachel Carson’s 1962 treatise on pesticides, Silent Spring. Justice Alito has displayed similar cynicism about water protection. The EPA under both the George W.

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OCTOBER 3, 2020

Under the NWPR intermittent streams must flow “continuously during certain times of the year…” Therefore, not all intermittent streams are protected under the Clean Water Act. A large portion of these streams are no longer protected under the Clean Water Act. This is not entirely clear.

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Greenbuilding Law

JUNE 20, 2021

Of note, Section 10 states that “All waters subject to the ebb and flow of the tide (tidal action) are navigable waters of the US”. Navigable waters are identified in the Clean Water Act as “the waters of the United States, including the territorial seas.”

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The Energy Law Blog

MAY 26, 2023

21-454 (May 25, 2023) is a landmark ruling in environmental law interpreting the scope of water bodies covered by the Clean Water Act (CWA) – an issue that has been debated by courts, presidential administrations, and federal agencies for decades. Supreme Court decision in Sackett v.

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Circle of Blue

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

Funded by the Erb Family Foundation and the Joyce Foundation, the project comes on the 50 th anniversary of the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement, a high point of environmental diplomacy, and the U.S. Clean Water Act, a pivotal piece of American environmental law. In the Great Lakes region, harmful blooms are endemic.

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