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DEP Posted 72 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In May 18 PA Bulletin

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Click Here for copies of the Plans. -- The Department of Environmental Protection published notice in the May 18 PA Bulletin announcing it is extending the NPDES General Permit for Stormwater Discharges from Small Municipal Separate Storm Sewer Systems (PAG-13) until a new PAG-13 is reissued. The deadline for comments is June 17.

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Bay Journal: EPA Says PA’s Chesapeake Bay Cleanup Plan Falls Short, Again

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Environmental Protection Agency is concerned. Although the state this year committed significant additional funding to reduce Bay pollution, the EPA said its third cleanup plan in four years still falls short in funding and still fails to meet cleanup goals. The dispute has found its way into court.

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Road Salt, A Stealthy Pollutant, Is Damaging Michigan Waters

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The law, part of a package of national environmental reforms in the early 1970s, was transformative. Environmental Protection Agency recommends water quality standards for rivers and lakes to prevent death and damage to fish, mussels, insects, and other aquatic species. Mobility, cost, and environmental protection.

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Bay Journal: States/EPA Agree To New Plan For More Nutrient, Sediment Reductions In Chesapeake Bay Watershed To Make Up For Conowingo Dam

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By Karl Blankenship, Chesapeake Bay Journal It has taken more than four years, but leaders in the Chesapeake Bay restoration effort say they’ve found a path forward for dealing with the added pollution stemming from Conowingo Dam. The plan is not fully funded and will not achieve its pollution reduction goals by the 2025 Bay cleanup deadline.

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Chesapeake Bay Program: Unusual Weather Conditions Continue To Impact Chesapeake Bay Water Quality

PA Environment Daily

“We appreciate the work of our partner jurisdictions and local communities as they take actions to reduce pollution to local waters and the Bay," said Diana Esher, Acting Regional Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, Mid-Atlantic Region. Click Here for the complete announcement.

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Remedies for Harmful Algal Blooms Are Available in Law and Practice

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The federal Clean Water Act includes specific provisions to limit pollution from such “point sources” of contamination. said his Michigan-based company installed four traps in Holland to control phosphorus discharges from large hog operations. Environmental Protection Agency approved $1.7

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EQB Adopts Final-Omitted Reg. Limiting Methane Emissions From Conventional Oil & Gas Facilities; And A First-Ever State MCL For PFOS/PFOA

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Environmental Protection Agency to adopt controls on methane emissions from oil and gas operations by December 16 or face the potential loss of $500 million or more in federal highway funds. Environmental Protection Agency. DEP estimates it will cost the conventional natural gas industry approximately $9.8