PA Environment Daily

APRIL 29, 2024

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. Read more here. Status of rulemaking.

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Circle of Blue

APRIL 11, 2022

The nation’s high court issues an emergency order that revives, at least temporarily, a ruling that constrains the ability of states and tribes to protect waterways from pollution. The EPA outlines three strategies for addressing nutrient pollution in the nation’s waters. Supreme Court Reinstates Trump-Era Clean Water Act Rule.

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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

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Climate Law Could Make Midwest Water Contamination Worse Billions in clean energy incentives rely on raw materials from polluting corn and livestock. By Keith Schneider Circle of Blue February 8, 2023 President Biden, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency identified phosphorus and nitrogen discharges from U.S.

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E2 Law Blog

JUNE 29, 2023

Environmental Protection Agency , No. May 25, 2023). The president promptly expressed both disappointment and concern that the government could no longer assure protection of wetlands, and therefore surface water quality. Click here to read the full article, published by The Legal Intelligencer June 29, 2023.

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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.

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ESA

APRIL 3, 2023

Congress Senate votes to nullify Clean Water Act rule, Biden is expected to veto the measure. The assessment will also allow the country to look ahead at how nature might change in the future and identify opportunities for investments in nature to help achieve climate, health, environmental justice and economic goals.

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ESA

MAY 4, 2023

Federal Register ESA Graduate Student Policy Award Recipients Visit Capitol Hill The 2023 Graduate Student Policy Award (GSPA) Cohort of 15 students flew in from around the country to learn about science policy and meet with lawmakers. The Clean Water Act is a federal law that gives authority to states to protect the nation’s waters.

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Circle of Blue

JANUARY 26, 2023

This is the first story in a series of reports from the Great Lakes News Collaborative that will investigate contemporary water pollution challenges in the Great Lakes region. Road Salt, A Stealthy Pollutant, Is Damaging Michigan Waters Rivers and lakes are becoming saltier while law and practice limit effective responses.

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Circle of Blue

MARCH 13, 2023

The Bureau of Reclamation prepares $250 million to pay Colorado River water users not to use water. The House passes a resolution to reject the Biden administration’s Clean Water Act definition. And lastly, the EPA’s draft rules for PFAS in drinking water could come at any moment. “So,

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 21, 2024

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.” of Bordentown v. [EHB The EHB denied the motion.

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ESA

MARCH 20, 2023

ESA Selects 2023 Graduate Student Policy Award Fifteen ESA members will travel to DC to receive policy and communications training and meet with policymakers on Capitol Hill. Courts Federal judge blocks news Clean Water Act rule in Texas and Idaho. billion for environmental justice. million increase. million, $44.8

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Circle of Blue

DECEMBER 27, 2021

Inspectors general for the Defense Department and EPA will investigate water contamination from an Oahu naval base. The Justice Department announced a settlement with a southeastern Pennsylvania water authority over sewage spills that violated the Clean Water Act. Oahu Water Contamination. News Briefs.

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Circle of Blue

DECEMBER 13, 2021

The department plans to complete assessments at the remaining sites by September 30, 2023. 15 Million : Criminal fine that Summit Midstream Partners LLC will pay after being found guilty of violating the Clean Water Act for spilling 29 million gallons of oilfield wastewater. Waters of the United States.

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ESA

JANUARY 9, 2023

Join ESA today at 12 noon eastern for a water cooler chat about the National Nature Assessment. Fiscal Year 2023 Spending Bill Increases Funding for Environmental and Scientific Programs. Biden Finalizes “Waters of US” Rule. Biden administration releases fall 2022 Unified Agenda, previewing regulations to come.

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ESA

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

The subcommittee funds the Interior Department, the Environmental Protection Agency and the Forest Service. The $425 million amount would represent a $57 million increase over FY 2023 levels. The United Arab Emirates is set to host the United Nations Framework on Climate Change Conference of Parties 28 (COP 28) in November 2023.

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Circle of Blue

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

” — Letter from Adam Ortiz, EPA Region 3 administrator, to the acting head of Pennsylvania’s environment agency. Environmental Protection Agency determined that Pennsylvania is not doing enough to prevent ecologically damaging sediment and nutrients from entering the bay. CBP is the Chesapeake Bay Program, and the U.S.

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Circle of Blue

MARCH 6, 2023

By the Numbers $2 Billion : Infrastructure law funding made available to small, rural, and disadvantaged communities to remove emerging contaminants from drinking water. Environmental Protection Agency ordered water utilities to report on their plans to prevent hackers from disrupting their operations. That includes $8.3

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E2 Law Blog

APRIL 7, 2022

On April 6, the Supreme Court used the “Shadow Docket” to reinstate a Trump administration regulation governing state water quality certifications under section 401 of the Clean Water Act. The regulation also limited the conditions that a state might place on that certification. Louisiana v. 21A539 (U.S.

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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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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 31, 2023

While the chemicals involved in the recent spill are not currently the subject of any Stroud Water Research Center research projects, we do know that many of the signs and symptoms of ecological impairment are ones that people with little or no training can look for. Does the water look cloudy or murky? Do you see dead fish?

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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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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 28, 2023

On July 11, the Environmental Quality Board will consider DEP’s report on a rulemaking petition to raise the well plugging bonding amounts for conventional oil and gas wells, proposed changes to state water quality criteria and other regulations. Likewise, the EQB may not adopt regulations that are not supported by statute.”

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Circle of Blue

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

Farms collectively are the largest source of nitrate pollution in rivers and groundwater, and the penalty for contaminated water — meaning stricter and more costly standards in order to protect public health — is paid by the people who drink it. It comes at a time when the U.S. A Standard Under Scrutiny. If the U.S.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

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. Click Here for a copy of the draft regulation. 2015-011-L ).

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

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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Circle of Blue

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

The federal Clean Water Act includes specific provisions to limit pollution from such “point sources” of contamination. Environmental Protection Agency approved $1.7 Wetlands that filter water draining from creeks into the lake are removing 90 percent of the phosphorus, she said. Stabenow said. .

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 20, 2023

Environmental Protection Agency for its failure to require Pennsylvania to develop and implement a plan to meet its commitments to reduce pollution under the Chesapeake Clean Water Blueprint. The Trump Administration did not use its Clean Water Act tools to hold all Bay partners accountable. By

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 11, 2023

Likewise, the EQB may not adopt regulations that are not supported by statute.” Vanadium Standard The EQB adopted the final regulation that sets contamination cleanup standards for vanadium under the Land Recycling Program. Environmental Protection Agency for this element than can be naturally occurring.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Joe Webster (D-Montgomery), would provide for a minimum 100 foot riparian buffer along each side of a surface body of water, with a minimum 300 foot buffer for streams that have been designated as High Quality or Exceptional Value. Current regulations do not take wetlands and vernal ponds into account at all.” Overall, Mamum et al.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 18, 2023

PA Bulletin, page 5216 ) The project is located in Gamble and Plunketts Creek Townships in Lycoming County and withdraws water from the Exceptional Value Loyalsock Creek. .: You’ll also get notice of new technical guidance documents and regulations. Many of the notices offer the opportunity for public comments. Clearfield County. (

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Ocean Conservancy

JANUARY 18, 2023

Knowing the wide-ranging impacts of pollution on our ocean, I’m reassured by the existence of the Clean Water Act (CWA) – the legal framework for preserving and restoring “waters of the United States”. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), was taken up by the U.S.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 17, 2024

On October 31, 2023 at 2:00 pm (CT) Diane will lead a global hunger strike against Formosa Plastics, her fourth hunger strike. On October 31, 2023 at 2:00 pm (CT) Diane will lead a global hunger strike against Formosa Plastics, her fourth hunger strike. billion complex in St. She hopes to bring justice to the Vietnamese fisherman.

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ESA

JULY 1, 2022

Supreme Court will hear Clean Water Act case in October 2023. The Ecological Society of America, representing 8,000 research ecologists and environmental scientists, is greatly concerned about the recent United States Supreme Court decision in West Virginia v. US Environmental Protection Agency case.

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ESA

MARCH 14, 2022

Lawmakers give the Environmental Protection Agency a 3.5% Jared Huffman (D-CA), sent a letter to EPA Administrator Michael Regan, expressing their disappointment in the EPA’s January 2022 announcement to restart the Clean Water Act review process for protecting Bristol Bay, Alaska. increase to $3.26

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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. PFOA and PFOS Drinking Water Regulations Back On and Only the Beginning.

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 17, 2023

Environmental Protection Agency visited four this spring to assess any potential for water quality problems locally or for the Chesapeake Bay. But that and other farm-related regulations were often unenforced. Budget cuts forced the state’s Department of Environmental Protection to slash inspection and enforcement staff.

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