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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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. PIRG Education Fund, assigned letter grades to states based on their policies to limit lead contamination in school drinking water.

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Vorys Law

MAY 25, 2023

In a highly anticipated opinion, the United States Supreme Court narrowed the scope of waters and wetlands considered to be "waters of the United States" ("WOTUS") and, therefore, subject to jurisdiction under the Clean Water Act. 2023) ( citing Rapanos v. In Sackett v.

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MGKF Law

JANUARY 23, 2023

6, 2023), the U.S. Read More » Tags: Clean Water Act , Consent Decree , Enforcement , Third Circuit , Wetlands In a January 6 decision, U.S. Brace , No. 21-2966 (3rd Cir.

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Vermont Law

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

Recently, a coalition of environmental groups brought suit against the EPA for their lack of Clean Water Act (CWA) oversight surrounding CAFOs. Vermont Law School cited numerous concerns with how ANR issued and enforced discharge permits to prevent water pollution. and Masters in Environmental Law and Policy.

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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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Acoel

DECEMBER 27, 2023

Posted on December 27, 2023 by Jeff Porter Garry Lewis owns 2000 acres in Livingston Parish, Louisiana and he has been fighting with the Army Corps of Engineers over whether any of those 2000 acres are wetlands subject to Federal Clean Water Act jurisdiction for over a decade.

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E2 Law Blog

MAY 26, 2023

The Sacketts challenged the order, claiming that the wetlands are not jurisdictional “waters of the United States” within the meaning of the federal Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. §§ 1251-1389 (CWA). Thus began nearly two decades of litigation, culminating in the Supreme Court’s May 25, 2023 decision in Sackett v.

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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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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. What does EPA mean when it refers to the “pre-2015 regulatory regime?” 13 webinar on the revised WOTUS definition.

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MGKF Law

JULY 27, 2024

The primary issue is whether the Clean Water Act (“CWA”) allows EPA to impose general prohibitions in National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (“NPDES”) permits, which could subject permit holders to enforcement actions for violating water quality standards without specifying exact discharge limits.

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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. This victory is one small step of respect for the people of Pennsylvania, the rule of law and the rights of communities nationwide. Posted: June 6, 2023] PA Environment Digest

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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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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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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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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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National Law Center

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

In April 2023, the Pacific Legal Foundation filed a lawsuit on behalf of Thomas and Amy Villegas against the Environmental Protection. The post Landowners Question Authority of Agency Adjudication appeared first on National Agricultural Law Center.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 25, 2023

Compliance with our nation’s laws that protect the environment and the health of our communities is an obligation companies can’t take lightly,” said EPA Regional Administrator Adam Ortiz. Environmental Protection Agency announced Eastman Chemical Resins Inc. will pay a $2.4 Pennsylvania DEP assisted EPA in the investigation and litigation.

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National Law Center

MAY 30, 2023

On May 25, 2023, the United States Supreme Court released their highly-anticipated opinion in Sackett v. 2023), a lawsuit. Supreme Court Revisits Wetlands Jurisdiction Under the CWA appeared first on National Agricultural Law Center. The post WOTUS Update: U.S.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 5, 2024

The legislation would prohibit municipalities from receiving Act 13 drilling impact fees if they set protective standards on the development of natural gas that “imposes a standard or condition on well development that conflicts with or exceeds those contained” in state law. Read more here. Cecil Township is in Sen.

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The Energy Law

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. If the court were to vacate the agency approvals, the United States’s first major offshore wind project could suffer serious delays.

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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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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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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). Federal Implementation of the decision in Sackett v.

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Acoel

AUGUST 14, 2023

Posted on August 14, 2023 by Steven Miano I recently had the opportunity to speak at a State University of New York (SUNY) conference for a group of exceptional primary and high school Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) teachers. My presentation was titled: Environmental Disasters that Led to Environmental Laws.

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 28, 2023

Conventional Well Bonding In response to a rulemaking petition submitted by the Sierra Club and other groups in September of 2021, DEP reported to the EQB it no longer has the authority to adjust well bonding amounts for 10 years under Act 96 passed and signed into law by Gov. Triennial Review Of Water Quality Standards.

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Vermont Law

DECEMBER 24, 2024

The law authorized specifically two categories of response actions by the government: short-term removals to address a prompt release of a hazardous substance; and long-term response actions to permanently reduce releases of hazardous substances, pollutants, or contaminants. Navy stemming from a toxic waste and ammunition disposal site.

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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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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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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 19, 2024

The Good Samaritan Remediation of Abandoned Hardrock Mines Act of 2023 [S. This will allow state agencies and nonprofit organizations such as Trout Unlimited to reduce the pollution impairing our waters, even if it is not feasible to achieve 100% of Clean Water Act standards. We just need Congress to act.”

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 6, 2023

11 Hearing On Bill To Expand Renewable Energy Mandates In Alternative Energy Portfolio Standards [PaEN] -- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: Controversial Solar Energy Project In Adams County Loses In Court Again -- Philadelphia Solar Energy Assn.

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Smith Enviorment

FEBRUARY 23, 2025

The “narrative standard” establishes the equations to be used in calculating the concentration of a toxic water pollutant that would protect human health; an EMC rule setting the water quality standard for an individual toxic pollutant reflects the number that results from those same equations.

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The Energy Law

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

On September 8, 2023, EPA and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers published a final rule narrowing the scope of “waters of the United States” (WOTUS) under the Clean Water Act (CWA) such that certain wetlands are removed from federal jurisdiction. The final rule revises the agency regulations in light of the U.S.

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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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The Energy Law

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

On October 18, 2023, the EPA published a Supplemental Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“SNPR”) regarding incidental discharges from vessels, proposing national performance standards under the Vessel Incidental Discharge Act (“VIDA”). Comments on the SNPR are due by December 18, 2023.

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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. F.E.R.C. , 2018)) Sen.

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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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