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N.C. Water Quality Legislation (2023)

Smith Enviorment

December 14, 2023. General Assembly returned to a very aggressive effort to influence environmental rules in 2023. The annual Appropriations Act (House Bill 259), the N.C. The Clean Water Act requires a National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit for any release of waste to surface waters.

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EPA Issues Consent Order To MAX Environmental Technologies To Ensure Compliance With Hazardous Waste Rules At Westmoreland County Facility

PA Environment Daily

On April 29, Max Environmental Technologies, Inc. Environmental Protection Agency announced. According to EPA, this site is an area with potential environmental justice concerns. According to EPA, this site is an area with potential environmental justice concerns.

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Gas Industry, Sen. Bartolotta Seek Legislation To Eliminate Environmental Hearing Board Appeals Of DEP Permits For Natural Gas Pipeline Facilities

PA Environment Daily

She contends the federal Natural Gas Act mandates the federal Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit has “exclusive jurisdiction over an appeal which challenges any state agency’s action in either approving or denying a permit when the state agency acts on the basis of federal law.” See brief filed by residents.)

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DEP To Discuss Proposed Reg. On Reporting Spills, Releases; Draft 2024 Integrated Water Quality Report With Water Resources Advisory Committee Sept. 21

PA Environment Daily

DEP’s Water Resources Advisory Committee is scheduled to hear a presentation on DEP's new proposed regulation setting notification requirements for unauthorized discharges to waters of the Commonwealth at its meeting on September 21. DEP is required by the federal Clean Water Act to submit a report to the U.S.

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PA Assn. Of Conservation Districts Awards Over $65,000 To Support 37 Water Pollution Reduction Projects By Districts

PA Environment Daily

These projects promote water pollution prevention activities through the Non-point Source (NPS) Pollution Prevention Educational Mini-Grant Program. The projects will take place through May 2024. Visit the PACD Nonpoint Source Water Pollution Prevention Mini Grant Program webpage for more information.

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DEP To Increase Monitoring, Develop Surface Water Standard For PFAS 'Forever Chemicals' After Study Shows 76% Of Streams, Rivers Contained At Least One Of These Chemicals

PA Environment Daily

On September 19, the Department of Environmental Protection announced it is ramping up monitoring and plans to develop a surface water standard for PFAS 'forever chemicals' after a DEP/U.S. The MCLs are effective immediately but most systems will conduct initial monitoring in 2024 and 2025. Read more here.] [The

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DEP: Widespread Presence Of PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’ In Fresh Water Leading Shale Gas Operators To Use Contaminated Water In Fracking Operations; DEP Doesn’t Require Routine PFAS Testing

PA Environment Daily

In an April 2023 DEP determination of whether natural gas drilling contaminated a Washington County family’s water well, DEP said the “widespread presence of PFAS” forever chemicals in fresh water may have led to “inadvertently” using contaminated water to frack a shale gas well. Impoundments have since been removed.)

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