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Court Vacates CWA Section 401 Certification Rule

National Law Center

In October 2021, a federal district court issued a decision vacating the 2020 Clean Water Act Section 401 Certification Rule (“2020. The post Court Vacates CWA Section 401 Certification Rule appeared first on National Agricultural Law Center.

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The Supreme Court Looks for a Middle Ground to Determine When Clean Water Act Permit is Required for Discharges to Groundwater

The Energy Law Blog

where the Court held that, in limited circumstances, a party discharging pollutants into groundwater that ultimately end up in navigable waters will need a permit under the Clean Water Act. Hawaii Wildlife Fund, et al. 33 U.S.C. §§ 1311(a), 1362(12)(A); see also 33 U.S.C. 1342 (NPDES provisions). 22250 (Apr.

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Guest Essay: Before The Federal Clean Water Act, There Was The Rivers And Harbors Act Of 1899 To Help Clean-Up Pittsburgh’s 3 Rivers

PA Environment Daily

In 1995 he became Secretary of Environmental Protection in Pennsylvania. He died in 2020. For a further account of his Refuse Act prosecution, see his autobiography, “ Where The Evidence Leads.”

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The Allegheny Front: Three Rivers Waterkeeper Citizen Monitoring Finds Plastics Maker Styrenics LLC Discharging Plastic Nurdles Into Ohio River, Threatens Lawsuit To Stop Them

PA Environment Daily

Heather Hulton VanTassel, executive director of Three Rivers Waterkeeper, said the groups have continued to find nurdles near the plant nearly a year after they reported the alleged violations to the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection. “We The plant was formerly owned by Nova Chemicals but was sold to Styropek in 2020.

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U.S EPA and Army Corps Revert Back to Pre-2015 Interpretation of “Waters of the United States”

Vorys Law

District Court for the District of Arizona issued an Order vacating and remanding the Navigable Waters Protection Rule in the case of Pascua Yaqui Tribe v. Environmental Protection Agency. On August 30, 2021, the U.S. Following the Court’s Order, U.S. EPA and the Army Corps of Engineers issued a joint statement on U.S.

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Farms in Six Southeast Michigan Counties Are Major Sources of Lake Erie Toxic Blooms

Circle of Blue

Data: National Center For Water Quality Research and Environmental Working Group. million gallons of liquid manure and nearly 100,000 tons of solid manure on 14,650 acres of farmland in 2020, according to the most recent manure management reports filed with the Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy.

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EPA Weighs in On Supreme Court Decision Regarding Groundwater and the CWA

National Law Center

In April 2020, the United States Supreme Court issued its final ruling Cty. Hawaii Wildlife Fund, 590 U.S. The post EPA Weighs in On Supreme Court Decision Regarding Groundwater and the CWA appeared first on National Agricultural Law Center.

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