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. These bills have been opposed by groups as varied as Trout Unlimited, county conservation districts and the PA Environmental Council.

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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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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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ESA

DECEMBER 20, 2021

Conservation: The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee held a hearing for the Recovering America’s Wildlife Act ( S. billion annually to state and tribal fish and wildlife agencies for conservation and the implementation of state wildlife action plans. EPA – Proposed Settlement Agreement, Clean Water Act.

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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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Vermont Law

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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Union of Concerned Scientists

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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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. Senate considering annual defense policy bill, which includes authorizes funding for tropical forest and coral reef conservation. In this issue: Apply for the 2023 Katherine S.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

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. Trump is out of office, but he left behind a 6-3 conservative supermajority on the Supreme Court.

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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. As part of the Inflation Reduction Act enacted in August, Congress approved $18.05

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Ohio Environmental Law

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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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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E2 Law Blog

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

Elaboration may be on the way through the efforts of New York’s environmental regulator, the Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC). After all, New York’s air permitting regime is based on health-based emissions standards derived from the federal Clean Air Act. 64 MAP 2019 (Pa. Comm’n , 83 A.3d 3d 901 (Pa.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

7 [PaEN] -- Patch: Major Extension Of Chester Valley Trail To Link To Schuylkill River Trail -- WITF Smart Talk 9:00 a.m.:

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Enviromental Defense

MAY 31, 2022

For example: Ontario undermined Ontario’s Endangered Species Act protections in 2019 with Bill 108, which empowered the Minister broad and reckless exemptions to let developers destroy endangered species and their habitat, delay extending any protection at all for species that desperately need it, and even “pay to slay” endangered species.

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Circle of Blue

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

A federal judge overturns the Trump administration’s Clean Water Act definition. Bureau of Reclamation contributes $19 million for a Colorado River water conservation program. from 2017 through 2019 for illnesses related to harmful algal blooms. Before the EPA could act, a federal judge stepped in.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JANUARY 3, 2024

2023 was a rough year for clean water. The Supreme Court took a hammer to the Clean Water Act with its decision in Sackett v. The Sackett decision was a tremendous loss for everyone who depends on clean water—that is, for all of us. In response, 27 states sued , and the rule was put on hold.

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ESA

AUGUST 30, 2021

New Mexico governor signs executive order creating a “30 by 30” conservation committee. The New York Times reported in 2019 that former Interior Secretary David Bernhardt killed a study by U.S. “Chuck” Sams to lead the National Park Service. Federal judge cancels permits for “Willow” drilling project in Alaska. International.

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Law Columbia

JUNE 8, 2021

Department of Energy (DOE) rule adopted in December 2020 that created new product classes for short-cycle washers and dryers in the energy conservation program. BLM issued the EA and FONSI in response to the court’s 2019 decision finding that the lifting of the moratorium was a “major federal action” requiring review under NEPA.

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Law Columbia

MAY 7, 2021

Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM’s) supplemental environmental assessment (EA) for oil and gas leases in Wyoming did not comply with the National Environmental Policy Act because it failed to adequately consider climate change impacts. League of Conservation Voters v. Seven weeks after the U.S. San Francisco Baykeeper v. Biden , No.

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ESA

MAY 4, 2023

In this issue: ESA Graduate Student Policy Award Recipients Visit Capitol Hill Fifteen ESA members and graduate students visit Congressional offices for the first in-person Graduate Student Policy Award event since 2019. The Clean Water Act is a federal law that gives authority to states to protect the nation’s waters.

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Law Columbia

AUGUST 4, 2021

The First Circuit found that it had appellate jurisdiction even though the stay order was not a final decision because the stay order rendered Conservation Law Foundation “effectively out of court” due to the length of the stay and its indefinite nature. Conservation Law Foundation v. Exxon Mobil Corp. , 20-1456 (1st Cir.

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Columbia Climate Law

MAY 8, 2020

In 2019, the court dismissed almost all of the companies’ claims, except for a single defamation claim and a related claim under California’s Unfair Competition Law arising from allegations related to a single set of statements. California Department of Conservation, Division of Oil, Gas, & Geothermal Resources , No. F078460 (Cal.

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Arnold Porter

AUGUST 26, 2021

EPA promulgated the challenged rule in 2019 in response to the Ninth Circuit’s issuance of a writ of mandamus in 2017. The bill also would establish a grant program under the Safe Drinking Water Act for assistance to community water systems affected by PFAS to pay for capital costs associated with treatment technologies.

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Arnold Porter

JUNE 2, 2021

GAO Report Identified Decline in EPA’s Chemical Assessment Processes Since 2019. The risk evaluation’s conclusions that consumer uses do not present an unreasonable risk could preempt state-level restrictions on 1,4-dioxane in personal care, cosmetic, and cleaning products such as restrictions enacted by New York in 2019.[[N:N.Y.

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Law Columbia

NOVEMBER 7, 2017

A day after the court’s decision, BLM published a proposed rule to temporarily suspend or delay certain requirements until January 17, 2019. Wisconsin Federal Court Dismissed Pro Se Lawsuit Claiming That Republican and Conservative Policies—Including Failure to Address Climate Change—Violated Plaintiff’s Rights. California v.

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Law Columbia

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

Federal Court Denied Motions to Dismiss Challenges to 2019 Presidential Permit for Keystone XL. The federal district court for the District of Montana denied motions to dismiss and for a preliminary injunction in litigation challenging a presidential permit issued in 2019 for a cross-border segment of the Keystone XL pipeline.

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Law Columbia

JULY 2, 2021

The conservation groups’ appeal of the district court decision is still pending, with the opening brief due on July 12. The Tenth Circuit directed the conservation groups “to address with specificity … whether this court has jurisdiction over their appeal.” Rocky Mountain Wild v. Washington State Dairy Federation v. 52952-1-II (Wash.

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ESA

OCTOBER 11, 2022

EPA, Ruling Could Impact the Definition of “Waters of the U.S.”. ESA and other scientific societies file brief arguing that the interpretation of the Clean Water Act is inherently founded on science. The Sacketts are represented by the conservative Pacific Legal Foundation and backed by business and agricultural groups.

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Circle of Blue

OCTOBER 25, 2021

A federal district court strikes down Trump-era Clean Water Act rule related to state reviews. The EPA’s internal watchdog will begin investigating whether states are providing enough subsidies to poor communities via a major drinking water loan program. Federal Court Tosses Trump Clean Water Act Ruling.

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ESA

APRIL 11, 2022

Senate committee approves conservation funding bill. Supreme Court reinstates Trump administration Clean Water Act regulation. Despite the panel’s regular reports about the consequences of burning fossil fuels, between 1990 and 2019 global emissions rose 54 percent and they are still rising. Executive Branch.

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ESA

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Fish and Wildlife Service receives $180 million for developing and carrying out Endangered Species Act recovery plans and a combined $19.4 million for conserving pollinators, freshwater mussels, desert fish and Hawaiian Islands plants. billion to support Indigenous conservation of forests. Lawmakers also allocate $9.7

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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. under the Clean Water Act to the pre-2015 standard.

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ESA

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

billion to support Indigenous conservation of forests. Fish and Wildlife Service receives $180 million for developing and carrying out Endangered Species Act recovery plan and a combined $19.4 million for conserving pollinators, freshwater mussels, desert fish and Hawaiian Islands plants. Michael Bennet in 2019 ( S.

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ESA

JUNE 14, 2021

In 2019, the Trump administration rolled back standards put in place under the Obama administration following the 2010 BP oil catastrophe that killed 11 people and spewed oil for five months. DOE is also considering amending energy conservation standards for battery chargers , with a NPRM/proposed determination slated for early next year.

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ESA

MARCH 6, 2023

Congress House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee votes to nullify Clean Water Act rule using the Congressional Review Act. Executive Branch USFWS proposes listing two populations of California spotted owl under the Endangered Species Act. States Washington state holds carbon allowance auction.

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