2020 Clean Water Act Ocean Regulations 
The Energy Law Blog
APRIL 28, 2020
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. This effluent then travels approximately a half mile, through groundwater, to the Pacific Ocean. Hawaii Wildlife Fund, et al.
PA Environment Daily
OCTOBER 10, 2022
But if Justice declined to act, the two intrepid canoers were positioned to make a political statement as well. Some history: Congress passed annual Rivers and Harbors Acts in the late 19th century, to make appropriations to the Corps of Engineers, to regulate construction in navigable waters, and to protect navigable channels.
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ESA
DECEMBER 20, 2021
This bill reauthorizes the Coral Reef Conservation Act of 2000 through 2024, directs NOAA to provide block grants to states to support state coral reef management and restoration and establishes a National Coral Reef Management Fellowship Program, among other provisions. 6180 ) to incentivize removing invasive lionfish from the oceans.
Corp Watch
JANUARY 17, 2024
The company owned a steel mill that discharged toxic chemicals into the ocean, devastating more than a hundred miles of coastline in four central provinces of Vietnam. Wesley Muller | Louisiana Illuminator | July 20, 2020 Formosa plans to build on former sugarcane plantations near the Mississippi River, and Rise St.
Union of Concerned Scientists
JUNE 6, 2023
Only 23 percent of the world’s large rivers (more than 620 miles in length) flow uninterrupted into the ocean. Invisible from above, groundwater is a critical source of drinking water, providing the base flow for rivers and, as the study said, “directly sustain[ing] wetlands and terrestrial vegetation.” Most people understand this.
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. The decision means that NSF opts not to rebuild the telescope dish at the Arecibo Observatory, which was destroyed in late 2020. from 12,549 in 2020 to 11,814 in 2021.
Acoel
MARCH 28, 2024
Posted on March 28, 2024 by Jeff Porter EPA picked another Clean Water Act fight with the United States Supreme Court last week and I don’t understand why EPA thinks it is a fight it can win. Which brings us to the Clean Water Act rule EPA published last week.
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