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NOVEMBER 26, 2019

Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act. The Clean Water Act has also proven ineffective because EPA does not require limits on PFAS discharges into streams or rivers. Toxic Substances Control Act. strict drinking water standards for several PFAS, including. April of 2020.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

These bills have been opposed by groups as varied as Trout Unlimited, county conservation districts and the PA Environmental Council. The guidance was put out for two public comment periods in August of 2020 and October 2021. DEP is required by the federal Clean Water Act to submit a report to the U.S.

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Smith Enviorment

JULY 9, 2019

The positions include two new engineers to work on issuance and renewal of Clean Water Act wastewater discharge permits. Federal and state water quality permits often require the project developer to offset stream or wetland impacts by funding restoration of similar natural resources.). Farm Bureau pursues its appeal.

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Smith Enviorment

JANUARY 6, 2020

January 6, 2020. The short version: A three year, multi-million dollar study has confirmed the science and policy underlying the 2009 Jordan Lake water quality rules. Riparian buffers and conservation of undeveloped lands are among the most cost-effective methods of reducing non-point source nutrient loading. Background.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 28, 2021

wastewater treatment plants) may immediately show detectable pollution changes, but in regard to the implementation of conservation practices for nonpoint sources, there is often a time lag (e.g., years to decades) in measuring their impact on improving water quality and the health of the Bay. October Is Buffer Month!

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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. Federal Register opportunities. This bill provides a combined $1.4

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 17, 2024

Wesley Muller | Louisiana Illuminator | July 20, 2020 Formosa plans to build on former sugarcane plantations near the Mississippi River, and Rise St. Mitchell | The Advocate | March 9, 2020 State regulators relied on nearly decade-old air pollution data to support their conclusion that Formosa Plastics' $9.4

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Greenbuilding Law

APRIL 25, 2021

House Bill 991 responds modifying the definition of “forest mitigation banking” to be the intentional restoration, creation, or qualified conservation of forests undertaken expressly for the purpose of providing credits for afforestation or reforestation requirements with enhanced environmental benefits from future activities. Drinking Water.

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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. from 12,549 in 2020 to 11,814 in 2021.

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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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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 19, 2022

The PA Association of Conservation Districts wrote to members of the General Assembly opposing House Bill 1842 (Zimmerman-R-Lancaster) that redefines water pollution by letting companies decide when to report spills. Finally, HB 1842 would likely cost DEP’s federally delegated authority to implement the federal Clean Water Act.

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Circle of Blue

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

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 billion to be spent on farmland conservation programs. But the Platte Lake advocates did not rely on federal law.

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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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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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Law and Environment

JUNE 6, 2022

Last week, EPA released its proposed “ Clean Water Act Section 401 Water Quality Certification Improvement Rule ”. The proposed rule would make a number of significant changes to the rule promulgated by EPA in 2020. Many conservatives don’t like the “activity as a whole” approach, for obvious reasons.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 24, 2021

trillion Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act making its way through Congress is another opportunity to bolster federal funding to help Pennsylvania meet its clean water goals. million a year to fund important conservation work. Pennsylvania would see a portion of the extra $47.6

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Circle of Blue

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

On March 27, 2020, following years of research and evaluation, and months of compromise, professional staff at the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy completed the final permit conditions for livestock farmers to manage manure and other wastes produced by the state’s 291 concentrated animal feeding operations, or CAFOs. .

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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. million in Ohio in 2020. did it once before. .

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Acoel

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

There was considerable speculation about what impact this new rule would have on the scope of the Clean Water Act. The South Carolina District Court upheld this approach in South Carolina Coastal Conservation League v Regan. Turns out the answer is: Far more than expected. However in Pascua Yaqui Tribe v.

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Columbia Climate Law

MAY 8, 2020

May 1, 2020). Montana Federal Court Vacated Nationwide Permit Due to Corps of Engineers Failure to Initiate Consultation Under Endangered Species Act. Natural Resources Defense Council v. Wheeler , No. 18-1172 (D.C. DECISIONS AND SETTLEMENTS. WildEarth Guardians v. Bureau of Land Management , No. 4:18-cv-00073 (D. 17-cv-02824 (N.D.

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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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Ohio Environmental Law

MAY 8, 2020

On January 23, 2020, the Trump Administration released the final version of the Navigable Waters Protection Rule (NWPR), which defines which waters and wetlands are protected under the Clean Water Act. The NWPR replaces the Obama Administration’s “Waters of the United States” (WOTUS) rule.

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

A career specialist in soils and forestry health, most of it with the Natural Resource Conservation Service, a unit of the U.S. 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. A Weakened National Imperative.

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ESA

AUGUST 30, 2021

New Mexico governor signs executive order creating a “30 by 30” conservation committee. The Arctic Circle saw record-high temperatures in 2020, NOAA report finds – CBS News. The judge sided with conservation groups and ruled that the U.S. “Chuck” Sams to lead the National Park Service. International. Scientific Community.

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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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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 20, 2023

On April 20, a proposed settlement was announced in the 2020 lawsuit against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for its failure to require Pennsylvania to develop and implement a plan to meet its commitments to reduce pollution under the Chesapeake Clean Water Blueprint. This is a welcome change.

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Law Columbia

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

The court also found that judicial economy and conservation of resources weighed in favor of a stay. Tennessee Federal Court Allowed Conservation Groups to Proceed with Challenge to TVA Long-Term Contracts. Minnesota Court Affirmed Water Quality Certification for Line 3 Replacement Project. Missouri v. Biden , No.

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Arnold Porter

AUGUST 26, 2021

Preliminary 2020 TRI Dataset Shows “Seemingly Limited” Scope for PFAS Reporting. The district court complaint alleges that TSCA required EPA to complete the asbestos risk evaluation by June 19, 2020 and asks the court to issue an order setting a schedule for completion of the risk evaluation. The House bill ( H.R.

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JANUARY 12, 2023

TODAY 10:30: Senate Appropriations, Agriculture, Environmental Committees hold informational meeting on Agriculture Conservation Assistance Program at PA Farm Show. Contact: Daniel Snowden 717-783-8846, dsnowden@pa.gov. Million Investment For Trail Gaps, ATV/Snowmobile Projects; New Grant Rounds Opening Jan.

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 12, 2022

Wolf Vetoes Bill To Block All-Electric Building Codes -- WESA: PA Legislature Approves New $125 Million Home Repair Assistance Initiative With Energy Efficiency Program -- StateImpactPA: Bellefonte Fixing Some Of Its Electric Vehicle Chargers After Storms Fried Them A 2nd Time -- Republicans On House Committee Approves Letter To IRRC Setting Up Their (..)

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Law Columbia

MAY 7, 2021

On April 15, 2021, federal defendants, defendant-intervenors, and environmental groups filed a stipulation for dismissal of appeals of a district court’s November 2020 decision finding that the U.S. The federal defendants, the States of Wyoming and Utah, and several trade groups appealed the district court’s November 2020 decision.

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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. The court also rejected claims under the National Forest Management Act, the Healthy Forest Restoration Act, and the Endangered Species Act. May 17, 2021).

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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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ESA

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and House progressives, led by House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Raul Grijalva (D-AZ) are opposing the permitting deal, citing concerns that the reforms would help fossil fuel projects and undermine the National Environmental Policy Act and the Clean Water Act. 28, 2022.

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Law Columbia

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

The district court scheduled a hearing for April 16, 2020 to consider the defendants’ motion to dismiss or transfer those cases. 4, 2020); California v. United States , No. 18-36082 (9th Cir. DECISIONS AND SETTLEMENTS. Union of Concerned Scientists v. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration , Nos. 19-1230 et al. Chao , No.

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Arnold Porter

JUNE 2, 2021

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. Wheeler, 2020 U.S. 22, 2020).]] Law §§ 35-0105, 37-0115.]].

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Law Columbia

JULY 2, 2021

On June 16, 2021, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals granted a joint motion to dismiss appeals of a November 2020 order vacating U.S. The conservation groups’ appeal of the district court decision is still pending, with the opening brief due on July 12. Rocky Mountain Wild v. Bernhardt , Nos. 21-4019, 21-4020 (10th Cir.

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