Circle of Blue
DECEMBER 1, 2022
The petition asserts that because every CAFO discharges polluting wastes EPA has the authority and duty to require them to operate under wastewater permits. Water worries. EPA is weak on regulations on CAFOs,” said Emily Miller, a Food & Water Watch attorney. Carl Ganter/ Circle of Blue.
PA Environment Daily
OCTOBER 10, 2022
The Circuit Court reversed in part, but the whole issue was mooted by the passage in mid-October of 1972 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act 0f 1972. He died in 2020. For a further account of his Refuse Act prosecution, see his autobiography, “ Where The Evidence Leads.”
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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.
PA Environment Daily
OCTOBER 28, 2021
According to these computer simulations, pollution controls put into place between 2009 and 2020 are estimated to have lowered overall nitrogen by 13 percent, overall phosphorus by 14 percent and sediment by 4 percent. Climate change is real and making saving the Bay harder. Photo: Conowingo Dam after a significant rain event.)
Circle of Blue
SEPTEMBER 28, 2022
For Platte Lake, the solution was controlling the source of contamination: the 94-year-old Platte River State Fish Hatchery in Honor, eight miles upstream. The federal Clean Water Act includes specific provisions to limit pollution from such “point sources” of contamination. We have hotspots in the watershed.
Arnold Porter
JUNE 2, 2021
In the months since our 2020 update on federal actions affecting per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has continued to take action on its PFAS Action Plan. 535 – 116 th ) that passed the US House in January 2020. EPA Will Continue Work on PFAS Disposal and Destruction.
Corp Watch
JANUARY 17, 2024
Army Corps of Engineers demanding the project’s federal permit be revoked due to environmental justice, wetlands destruction and pollution concerns. Wesley Muller | Louisiana Illuminator | July 20, 2020 Formosa plans to build on former sugarcane plantations near the Mississippi River, and Rise St.
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