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With Friends Like These. Another Federal Appeals Court Takes Clean Water Act Enforcement Out of EPA’s Hands

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Posted on August 19, 2021 by Jeff Porter. The panel’s legal gymnastics to reach this conclusion could be the basis for an entire law school seminar. Another Federal Appeals Court Takes Clean Water Act Enforcement Out of EPA’s Hands appeared first on ACOEL. One thing seems certain.

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NRDC: Regulation Is Too Weak For Radioactive Oil And Gas Drilling Wastewater, Other Waste

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By Amy Mall, Natural Resources Defense Council This article first appeared on the NRDC Blog July 21, 2021 -- The U.S. oil and gas industry produced an estimated one trillion gallons of produced water in 2017. Rules to protect workers, including truck drivers, also have significant gaps.

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Maryland Adopts 42 New Environmental Laws in 2021

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The 442nd session of the Maryland legislature adjourned on April 12, 2021. The new laws compiled below add to that already very green environmental regulatory scheme. A person exercising this right to intervene must act in accordance with applicable practices, procedures, and laws in the State.

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Chesapeake Bay Journal: EPA Launches More Collaborative Water Quality Impact Assessments Of PA Farms

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He described the first farm assessments as “sort of a first testing phase.” Last year, Ortiz said the agency would increase water-related compliance and inspection efforts in Pennsylvania because the state is far behind in its Bay cleanup efforts. Through 2021, Pennsylvania had cut 8.7 More are likely. million pounds to 73.5

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Billions Flow to Water Systems from Federal Pandemic Relief Funds

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The American Rescue Plan Act — the relief bill that President Joe Biden signed into law on March 11, 2021 — set aside $350 billion to assist states, tribes, territories, and local governments in responding to financial challenges wrought by the pandemic. The Michigan House has yet to vote on the measure.

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The New Environmental Rights Amendment to the New York Constitution

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That is, if soot from a natural fire contaminates the air, is the air not “clean”? What if it is from a manmade source in New York, operating lawfully under New York law? After all, New York’s air permitting regime is based on health-based emissions standards derived from the federal Clean Air Act. 1973), aff’d , 361 A.2d

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Powerful Industry’s Torrent of Manure Overwhelms State Regulators

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They are allowed by law and timid regulatory inertia to annually spread 400 millions of tons of solid manure, and 4 billion gallons of raw, untreated liquid animal feces and urine – 5,000 to 7,000 gallons per acre – on 600,000 acres across Michigan; . “If There’s no excuse for these blooms to be happening in Michigan.”.