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Congress Takes Action to Elevate Puget Sound Recovery

Washington Nature

For more information about the wide variety of work that the PUGET SOS Act will support now and into the future: Puget Sound Federal Task Force Action Plan (2022-2026) Puget Sound Partnership Action Agenda (2022-2026) Featured image: Photo: Orca breaching near the San Juan Islands. Credit: Walt Kochan/TNC

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Tackling the Zombies

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Posted on April 13, 2023 by Ridge Hall What can a frustrated state legislator do when the agency implementing the Clean Water Act fails to renew expired permits or sanction major violators? Legislation recently adopted by Maryland provides some innovative answers. Here’s the problem.

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Billions Flow to Water Systems from Federal Pandemic Relief Funds

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The American Rescue Plan Act probably will not reach that level, even though final numbers for water infrastructure spending won’t be known for a few years. According to the act, funds must be committed to a project by December 31, 2024 and spent by December 31, 2026.

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What’s Up With Water – February 22, 2022

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The American Rescue Plan Act probably will not reach that level, even though final numbers for water infrastructure spending won’t be known for a few years. According to the act, funds must be committed to a project by December 31, 2024 and spent by December 31, 2026.

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Policy News: December 20, 2021

ESA

After the release of the Arctic Report Card, the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy published the Arctic Research Plan for 2022-2026. EPA – Proposed Settlement Agreement, Clean Water Act. EPA – Draft Human Health and/or Ecological Risk Assessments for Several Pesticides; Notice of Availability.

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Maryland Adopts 42 New Environmental Laws in 2021

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Senate Bill 334 / House Bill 76 establish that a person who meets the threshold standing requirements under the federal Clean Water Act has an unconditional right and the authority to intervene in a civil action initiated by the State in State court to require compliance with certain water pollution control measures.

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Federal Water Tap, April 17: BLM Proposes Elevating Land and Water Conservation

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The Rundown A BLM proposal puts land and water conservation on the same level as mining and grazing. The Interior Department outlines options for Colorado River water supply cuts. A federal judge blocks the Biden administration’s Clean Water Act definition in 24 states.