2020 Clean Water Act Government Politics 
Smith Enviorment
DECEMBER 14, 2023
This post covers the most significant legislation affecting state water quality protections: AQUACULTURE PERMITTING Replace the existing NPDES General Permit for aquaculture operations. The Clean Water Act requires a National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit for any release of waste to surface waters.
CEQA Developments
MARCH 4, 2021
In the area of State Water Resources Control Board (“SWRCB” or the “State Board”) water quality certifications (“WQCs”) under the Federal Clean Water Act (“CWA”; 33 U.S.C § 1251 et seq), this bedrock principle appears to have been watered down, and it may be significantly eroding under pressure from a preemptive federal law deadline.
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PA Environment Daily
JULY 17, 2023
Government cost-share programs help fund BMPs, but they typically require investments from farmers. And while half of the state drains into the Chesapeake, most of its population lives elsewhere, with political power based outside of the Bay watershed in Pittsburgh and Philadelphia. The Bay was never a priority.
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. The lead recommendation in the UNC report is largely political; it focuses on how to fund nutrient reduction strategies. Background.
PA Environment Daily
OCTOBER 11, 2022
The Council includes governors of Delaware, Maryland, New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia and West Virginia, the mayor of the District of Columbia, the chair of the tri-state legislative Chesapeake Bay Commission and the administrator of the EPA on behalf of the federal government. Not Meeting Milestones On October 4, the U.S.
Smith Enviorment
JANUARY 30, 2019
Also elephants, giraffes, rhinos (of the non-political variety), Cape buffalo, baboons, uninvited monkeys at lunch, hippos, wildebeests, hyenas, warthogs and an unexpected (to me) penguin colony. The most direct effect of the executive order will be on state government operations. Leopard: Thornybush Game Preserve (photo G.Whaley).
Circle of Blue
SEPTEMBER 20, 2022
But this is a city where 20 percent of residents report “often” or “always” reducing their spending on basic needs to afford their water bill. Water rates more than doubled between 2010 and 2020, while income of the city’s poorest one-fifth of residents inched up only 12 percent. And political power with it.
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