National Law Center

AUGUST 5, 2025

Further, the FDA may conduct inspections on its own, it also has a program for contracting with state and territorial government regulatory agencies. Currently, the FDA has 48 contracts with state and territorial government regulatory agencies. Specifically, 43 states and Puerto Rico have been awarded contracts. food supply.

2013

National Law Center

JULY 17, 2025

It prohibits standards or requirements that are “in addition to” or “different from” those imposed by the federal government. There are no federal requirements governing the living space required for laying hens. This section has two express preemptions, one focusing on federal standards, and the other on labeling.

Law

National Law Center

JULY 1, 2025

Nevertheless, many states are influenced by the federal government. Among the states that define cottage foods as non-TCS foods, since 2022, at least five have passed amendments allowing the use of pH level testing or other measurements to determine TCS status. Particularly, the U.S. However, not all states have followed this trend.

Law

National Law Center

JULY 31, 2025

While there are approximately twenty-eight states that specifically prohibit or limit foreign ownership of agricultural land within the boundaries of their state, the federal government only monitors certain foreign acquisitions and landholdings in agricultural land through the Agricultural Foreign Investment Disclosure Act (“AFIDA”) of 1978.

2013

National Law Center

JULY 8, 2025

SB 17 prohibits governments and individuals who are citizens of or domiciled in a “designated country” from purchasing or acquiring any interest – including leasehold interests of less than one year – in real property located in Texas. SB 17 is set to go into effect on September 1, 2025.

Law

Circle of Blue

MARCH 29, 2022

Welcome to “What’s Up With Water,” your need-to-know news of the world’s water from Circle of Blue. In Thailand, the government cancelled a dredging and blasting project that would have straightened a rocky stretch of the Mekong River to accommodate large cargo ships. waters that are fishable and swimmable. Transcript.

2022

Circle of Blue

MAY 9, 2022

Short-Changing Michigan Local Governments Has Resulted in Deteriorating Water Systems and Other Services. water systems are aging. In some communities, this means water bills that residents can’t afford or water that’s unsafe to drink. By Lester Graham, Michigan Radio – May 9, 2022.

Government

Acoel

OCTOBER 24, 2022

Posted on October 24, 2022 by Allan Gates. On October 15 th a large mob engaged in a public and ritualistic violation of the Clean Water Act in Knoxville, Tennessee. There can be no doubt the mob’s actions violated the Clean Water Act. Rocky Top, you’ll always be. Home sweet home to me.

Clean Water Act

Circle of Blue

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Powerful Industry’s Torrent of Manure Overwhelms State Regulators Cause of Michigan’s worst water pollution is too much waste spread on too little land. September 22, 2022 . To a large extent the harmful algal blooms that foul Michigan’s waters and turn western Lake Erie into a toxic inland sea are the result of mismatches. .

Regulations

Circle of Blue

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

Lake Erie’s Failed Algae Strategy Hurts Poor Communities the Most Algae blooms are hiking the cost of water for people already struggling to pay their bills. September 20, 2022 . The Clean Water Act is a clunky instrument for addressing diffuse pollution. By Laura Gersony, Circle of Blue. Photographs by J.

2014

Circle of Blue

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

Farms in Six Southeast Michigan Counties Are Major Sources of Lake Erie Toxic Blooms Water sampling finds no reduction in bloom-producing nutrients. September 13, 2022 . Data: National Center For Water Quality Research and Environmental Working Group. Government agencies, nevertheless, are trying. Photographs by J.

2020

Circle of Blue

MAY 31, 2022

The EPA intends to deny a Clean Water Act permit for a mine development in Alaska’s Bristol Bay watershed. Officials sign a Navajo-Utah water rights settlement. The EPA announces an interagency working group for water reuse. Navajo Water Rights Agreement Signed. government water policy.

Clean Water Act

Union of Concerned Scientists

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

Incremental (step-by-step) approaches In 2022, the EPA published an Environmental Justice Legal Tools document and a Cumulative Impacts Addendum. However, since major US environmental laws are enacted to protect the air, water, and land separately (i.e. Overburdened communities cannot wait any longer.

Air Pollution

Circle of Blue

JUNE 7, 2021

After a court ruling and at the EPA’s request, the Army Corps of Engineers suspended the mine’s Clean Water Act Section 404 permit in March. Now that the EPA has said that the mine may affect downstream waters, the Army Corps’ permit could be reviewed. Federal Water Tap is a weekly digest spotting trends in U.S.

Clean Water Act

PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Environmental Protection Agency has granted a petition to begin the process of promulgating new water quality standards under Section 303(c)(4)(B) of the federal Clean Water Act for the Delaware River estuary. Accordingly, EPA is determining, pursuant to [Clean Water Act (CWA)] Section 303(c)(4)(B) and 40 CFR 131.22(b),

Clean Water Act

Law and Environment

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

Now that the Act has been signed into law, Senate Democrats are making good on their promise but, as might be expected, not all parties are supportive. The reforms (and funding necessary to effectuate them) are proposed to be included as part of a Continuing Resolution that must be passed to prevent a government shutdown beginning October 1.

Fossil Fuels

PA Environment Daily

JUNE 6, 2023

The state permits provide the basis for the Clean Water Act 401 certification given to the project. Over the years the scales have been tipped more and more in favor of the pipelines and the federal government.

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 12, 2022

million in Abandoned Mine Land Economic Revitalization Program Projects Eligible applicants include county or municipal governments; county conservation districts; councils of government; municipal authorities; and nonprofit organizations. DEP's Bureau of Abandoned Mine Reclamation has a total of $103.4

Clean Water Act

E2 Law Blog

JUNE 7, 2022

The Maryland Department of the Environment has for many years sought to meet its obligations under the Clean Water Act and the Chesapeake Bay Total Maximum Daily Load in part by imposing obligations on municipal separate storm sewers (MS4s) beyond the statutory minimum imposition of control to the “maximum extent practicable” or “MEP.”

Clean Water Act

Washington Nature

DECEMBER 20, 2022

For more information about the wide variety of work that the PUGET SOS Act will support now and into the future: Puget Sound Federal Task Force Action Plan (2022-2026) Puget Sound Partnership Action Agenda (2022-2026) Featured image: Photo: Orca breaching near the San Juan Islands. Credit: Walt Kochan/TNC

2026

PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Other States/National/International -- AP: Policy, Climate, War Make 2022 ‘Pivot Year’ For Clean Energy -- The Economist: Why Climate Change Is Intimately Tied To Biodiversity PA Politics - Everything Is Connected -- Meadville Tribune: U.S. Raises Going Around In PA State Government Come Jan. 6 - Creating An Edible Landscape.

Clean Water Act

MGKF Law

MAY 8, 2022

Can plaintiffs in a citizen suit piggyback on existing governmental enforcement action and enforce the same alleged violation under the Clean Water Act (“CWA”)? A citizen suit seeking other forms of relief, i.e. injunctive or declaratory, however, could proceed notwithstanding the government’s action.

Clean Water Act

Acoel

OCTOBER 1, 2022

Posted on September 30, 2022 by Pat Parenteau. The Supreme Court kicks off its 2022 term on October 3 with the highly anticipated argument in Sackett v EPA. This time the Clean Water Act is on the chopping block. States are not likely to fill the gap.

Clean Water Act

PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 14, 2022

Small, Chesapeake Bay Foundation-PA When the federal Clean Water Act was established 50 years ago to regulate pollution to the country's rivers and streams and set quality standards for surface waters, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania already had a Clean Streams Law and an Environmental Rights Amendment (ERA) to its Constitution on the books.

Climate Change

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 4, 2022

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Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 12, 2022

DEP said, “A public comment period is also contrary to the public interest because it will delay the implementation of the VOC RACT requirements in this final-omitted rulemaking, resulting in the Commonwealth being unable to satisfy the December 16, 2022, sanction deadline. “If

Regulations

Acoel

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Posted on February 1, 2022 by Robert D. Growing up in Massachusetts, we always “understood” that water we swam and recreated in was, well, “dirty.” At Fenway Park, home of the Boston Red Sox, the song “Dirty Water” (the Standell‘s 1966) was blasted out over the speaker systems immediately after the last out of every home team victory.

Clean Water Act

Acoel

AUGUST 11, 2022

Posted on August 11, 2022 by Tommy Lavender. Dakota Finance LLC decision from the Fourth Circuit, the Court concluded in a split decision that a South Carolina enforcement action was insufficient to preclude a citizens suit commenced pursuant to Clean Water Act § 505(a)(1), notwithstanding the provisions of Clean Water Act § 309(g)(6)(A)(ii).

Clean Water Act

PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 8, 2022

16 -- Apply Now For Institute Of Conservation Leadership Delaware River Watershed Professionals Of Color 2022 Cohort [PaEN] -- WHYY: PA Task Force 1 Assists In Search And Rescue Operations Following Hurricane Ian -- EPA Seeking Nominations For Local Govt. 15 In Pittsburgh -- Reminder: Bucknell University River Symposium Abstracts Due Oct.

Natural Gas

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. How Clean Is Your Stream? We cannot afford further delay.

2025

Law Columbia

AUGUST 7, 2025

Legally, the project was in a grey area: the Canadian government conducted an investigation into possible illegal dumping , but ultimately decided not to take any action. The ocean is governed by overlapping domestic laws and international agreements, several of which are nonbinding or lack enforceability.

Carbon Dioxide

Ohio Environmental Law

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

Federal Property Transfers (CERCLA 120(h)) – Any time the federal government transfers property with PFOS and/or PFOA contamination it must notify the transferee of the contamination. Either the contamination must be addressed prior to the transfer or the federal government must continue to remediation post transfer.

Toxic Substances Control Act

PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 23, 2022

Here are 69 new stories in the PA Environment Digest about individuals, groups, local governments, farmers, businesses, watershed groups and many more working all across Pennsylvania to restore and protect the environment and show others the beauty that surrounds us. Million In Abandoned Mine Reclamation Grants Starting Oct.

Conservation

PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

We must be intentional and committed to our Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Justice (DEIJ) efforts in the Watershed, and digging deeper with attendees during the 2022 CDRW Forum Environmental Justice Plenary was truly encouraging.” “The The Delaware River Watershed provides drinking water to 13.3 million people (about 4% of the U.S.

Conservation

PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 9, 2022

Here are 99 new stories in the PA Environment Digest about individuals, groups, local governments, farmers, businesses, watershed groups and many more working all across Pennsylvania to restore and protect the environment and show others the beauty that surrounds us. Watershed Cleanup Project -- Schuylkill Action Network Oct.

Conservation

Academy of Natural Sciences

AUGUST 29, 2022

Here is an excerpt from the Summer 2022 edition of Drexel Magazine that features Academy Dolan Fellow Alexis Schulman, PhD, with one of 13 ideas for coping with a changing planet. Schulman observed such a scenario at the Philadelphia Water Department in the late ’90s. 1 way to save the world is simply to start somewhere.

Clean Water Act

PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

Here are 94 new stories in the PA Environment Digest about individuals, groups, local governments, farmers, businesses, watershed groups and many more working all across Pennsylvania to restore and protect the environment and show others the beauty that surrounds us. Million By 2045 Goal -- StateImpactPA: Oct.

Conservation