Acoel

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

In the 27 states where the ninth attempt wasn’t enjoined, EPA and the Corps are going to apply the “pre-2015 regulatory regime” to determine the reach of the Clean Water Act. EPA says that the Corps and EPA are going to implement that “pre-2015 regulatory regime” “consistent with Sackett.”

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Acoel

MARCH 22, 2023

Posted on March 22, 2023 by Jonathan Ettinger The scope of suits available to private citizens under the Clean Water Act is not unlimited. The post Discretion is the Better Part of Valor; Court Dismisses Clean Water Act Citizen Suit Challenging POTW’s Enforcement Discretion appeared first on ACOEL.

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MGKF Law

MAY 29, 2023

EPA , 2023 WL 3632751 (U.S. Read More » Tags: Clean Water Act , Decisions of Note , EPA , Major Questions Doctrine , Navigability , Ninth Circuit , Rapanos , Supreme Court , United States Supreme Court , Wetlands In Sackett v. See 88 Fed.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 11, 2023

The citizen suit cites Modern Landfill’s repeated violations of its water quality-based permit limits under the federal Clean Water Act, and unpermitted discharges of toxic per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). Modern Landfill continues to violate the Clean Water Act on a consistent basis.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JANUARY 22, 2024

Industrial meat and poultry slaughterhouses dump millions of pounds of pollutants into the nation’s waters every year. The federal Clean Water Act directs the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to set and enforce the rules that regulate this pollution.

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Circle of Blue

MAY 3, 2023

The Supreme Court will decide which wetland ecosystems are included in the Clean Water Act, the law that regulates the dumping of pollutants into American waters. Amidst drought, farmers in southern Taiwan are being paid not to grow crops as the government reserves water for semiconductor production.

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Smith Enviorment

DECEMBER 14, 2023

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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Circle of Blue

MAY 16, 2023

May 16, 2023 Fresh is a biweekly newsletter from Circle of Blue that unpacks the biggest international, state, and local policy news stories facing the Great Lakes region today. We work together to produce news and information about the impact of climate change, pollution, and aging infrastructure on the Great Lakes and drinking water.

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Circle of Blue

MARCH 6, 2023

March 7, 2023 Fresh is a biweekly newsletter from Circle of Blue that unpacks the biggest international, state, and local policy news stories facing the Great Lakes region today. In Detroit, the cost of water has risen by 120 percent in the past decade.

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National Law Center

AUGUST 30, 2023

On August 29, 20213, the Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) released an updated version of its 2023 rule to define the crucial. The post WOTUS Update: EPA Revises 2023 Rule in Light of Sackett Decision appeared first on National Agricultural Law Center.

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Vorys Law

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

On September 14, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA ) released a pre-publication version of the Clean Water Act Section 401 Water Quality Certification Improvement Rule (the “2023 Rule”) [1].

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Smith Enviorment

OCTOBER 30, 2023

October 30, 2023. Supreme Court decision reducing federal Clean Water Act (CWA) jurisdiction over streams and wetlands. See State Law: Removing Wetlands from “Waters of the State”.) Farm Act (Senate Bill 582/ Session Law 2023-63). Most of those streams ultimately flow into permanent water bodies.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 6, 2023

for alleged violations of the federal Clean Water Act involving illegal discharges of plastics from their plastic manufacturing facility in Monaca, Beaver County. Our right as private citizens and citizen groups to directly enforce the federal Clean Water Act against violators is a critical tool we can use to achieve that goal.”

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SPR Law

JUNE 6, 2023

On May 25, 2023, the Supreme Court issued its decision in Sackett v. EPA, ruling that federal jurisdiction over wetlands under the Clean Water Act (CWA or the Act), which prohibits discharging pollutants into “the waters of the United States” (WOTUS), extends to only those wetlands with a continuous surface connection to WOTUS.

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Smith Enviorment

JUNE 7, 2023

June 7, 2023 — In an unfortunate sequence of events, the U.S. Supreme Court has issued a decision significantly limiting federal Clean Water Act regulation of wetlands just as the N.C. General Assembly has been moving legislation to limit state water quality protection for wetlands. First, some background.

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Circle of Blue

APRIL 24, 2023

The House fails to overturn President Biden’s veto of legislation to reduce Clean Water Act protections. And lastly, the EPA establishes that water and wastewater are eligible categories for billions in federal funding to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and air pollution. On the Radar Climate Policy at the USFS The U.S.

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MGKF Law

OCTOBER 29, 2023

Keystone WV , 2:22-cv-00367, 2023 WL 6466210 (S.D. 4, 2023), the Honorable Joseph R. Read More » Tags: Citizens Suit , Clean Water Act , Mining , NPDES , Permits , Successor Liability , West Virginia

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Acoel

MARCH 28, 2023

Posted on March 28, 2023 by Jeff Porter Inside EPA is reporting that the United States Forest Service is going to work with EPA to obtain National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit coverage under the Federal Clean Water Act authorizing it to continue fighting forest fires from the air.

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SPR Law

MARCH 13, 2023

On January 18, 2023, the EPA and Army Corps of Engineers (Army Corps) published a new final rule revising the definition of “waters of the United States” (the Rule) found in regulations implementing the Clean Water Act (CWA or the Act).

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Acoel

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Posted on December 20, 2023 by Seth Jaffe Last month, I advised plastics manufacturers to prepare for more litigation. The complaint alleges a number of violations of the Clean Water Act, but all of them relate to allegations that BVPV discharged nurdles – an excellent neologism that will soon be part of common vocabulary.

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 6, 2023

The state permits provide the basis for the Clean Water Act 401 certification given to the project. The project obtained its federal Natural Gas Act certificate of public convenience and necessity from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on January 11, 2023. Posted: June 6, 2023] PA Environment Digest

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JANUARY 6, 2023

Posted: January 6, 2023] PA Environment Digest For more information on programs, training opportunities and upcoming events, visit the Susquehanna River Basin Commission website. Click Here to sign up for SRBC’s newsletter. Follow SRBC on Twitter , visit them on YouTube.

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Environmental News Bits

MAY 26, 2023

Jun 15, 2023, noon-1 pm CDTRegister here. Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement and the U.S. Clean Water Act, as well as many programs implemented across the Great Lakes region, are grounded in sound principles giving effect to ecosystem-based management. The Canada-U.S.

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Circle of Blue

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

The Bureau released new projections that showed a one-in-three chance that Lake Powell, absent interventions, will be low enough in 2023 that it will not be able to generate hydropower. Regan also said that the EPA will propose a draft regulation in November that would define the waterbodies that are regulated by the Clean Water Act.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 4, 2023

By Reid Frazier The following article was first published by The Allegheny Front on October 3, 2023 -- Captain Evan Clark of Three Rivers Waterkeeper started trawling the shores of the Ohio River in Beaver County in September 2022 to monitor Shell’s newly opened ethane cracker for water pollution.

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Circle of Blue

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

And it left Steglitz irritated that he and his staff have to spend so much energy reacting to chemical threats that compromise Ann Arbor’s drinking water. “It’s The Clean Water Act, a landmark federal pollution control law passed in 1972, cleaned up American waterways once fouled by industrial waste.

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FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Related Article: -- Registration Now Open For Lehigh Valley Watershed Conference With Events On March 12, 13, Main Conference March 14 At Lehigh University [Posted: February 21, 2023] PA Environment Digest Continuing education credits will be available for engineers and landscaping professionals.

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FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Funding for the grants, up to $2,000 each, is provided through the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection under Section 319 of the Clean Water Act, administered by the US Environmental Protection Agency. Visit the PACD Nonpoint Source Water Pollution Prevention Mini Grant Program webpage for more information.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Environmental Protection Agency and Department of Environmental Protection announced Capital Region Water will make substantial upgrades to the sewer and stormwater systems that serves the Harrisburg area under a proposed modified consent decree.

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The Energy Law Blog

MAY 24, 2023

On May 17, 2023, the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts dismissed plaintiffs’ challenges to the Vineyard Wind Project—the United States’s first major offshore wind project.

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Acoel

AUGUST 3, 2023

Posted on August 3, 2023 by Seth Jaffe Earlier this week, the 9 th Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed EPA’s NPDES permit issued to San Francisco’s Oceanside sewer system. San Francisco had challenged the permit on the ground that EPA does not have authority to impose narrative prohibitions related to compliance with water quality criteria.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

The Susquehanna River Basin Commission is scheduled to hold its next business meeting on December 15 to consider water withdrawal requests. The specific list of water projects to be considered is not yet available.

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Law and Environment

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

The new adder only applies to projects placed in service on or after January 1, 2023. Facilities “to which a permit has been issued by the United States or an authorized State” under RCRA, the CWA, the Toxic Substances Control Act, or the Safe Drinking Water Act. Here’s where the fun starts.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 30, 2023

The Halfmoon and Pequea plans also are eligible for federal funding through the Clean Water Act and other sources. Posted: October 30, 2023] PA Environment Digest Funding vital for development of the Pequea and Halfmoon watershed restoration plans was made possible by the Richard King Mellon Foundation.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 6, 2023

which qualify for special protections under the federal Clean Water Act. which qualify for special protections under the federal Clean Water Act. Posted: April 6, 2023] PA Environment Digest Written public comments were received during the public comment period.

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Ohio Environmental Law

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

On August 29, 2023, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) and the Army Corps of Engineers (ACOE) issued a direct final rule without public comment amending the definition of the “Waters of the United States” (WOTUS) which governs the scope of federal jurisdiction under the Clean Water Act (CWA).

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Ohio Environmental Law

MARCH 3, 2024

Back on August 29, 2023, U.S. EPA which significantly reduced the number of wetlands that are federally protected under the Clean Water Act (CWA). EPA issued the rule to conform its regulations to the ruling of the U.S. Supreme Court in Sackett v.

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