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EPA Issues Consent Order To MAX Environmental Technologies To Ensure Compliance With Hazardous Waste Rules At Westmoreland County Facility

PA Environment Daily

On April 29, Max Environmental Technologies, Inc. MAX conducts waste operations under permits issued by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection pursuant to the federal Clean Water Act and the Resource Conservation Recovery Act. There is no timetable on when the regulation is to be finalized.

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Can we make a map for wastewater innovation?

Legal Planet

Water management generally is a conservative and risk averse decision-making environment. By definition, at some point that’s going to involve innovation – the adoption and diffusion new technologies and management practices, or, more simply, doing things differently than the tried and true.

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NRDC: Regulation Is Too Weak For Radioactive Oil And Gas Drilling Wastewater, Other Waste

PA Environment Daily

oil and gas industry produced an estimated one trillion gallons of produced water in 2017. And this waste—along with drilling and fracking waste--can contain radioactive elements known as “technologically enhanced naturally occurring radioactive material,” or TENORM. What does this mean for workers and communities?

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Moving the Needle on PFAS Regulation

Vermont Law

The litigation uncovered internal company records showing that DuPont knew of PFOA’s significant health risks but withheld the information from regulators and the public. Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act. Toxic Substances Control Act. National Defense Authorization Act. EPA has only.

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DEP To Discuss Proposed Reg. On Reporting Spills, Releases; Draft 2024 Integrated Water Quality Report With Water Resources Advisory Committee Sept. 21

PA Environment Daily

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. 2015-011-L ).

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Farms in Six Southeast Michigan Counties Are Major Sources of Lake Erie Toxic Blooms

Circle of Blue

A determined woman with a keen mind, Taylor knows farming, environment, water, minerals, education, and a lot more about Lenawee County where she lives. For much of her career she taught an International Baccalaureate course in information technology, business, and math to high schoolers, some of whom are now friends. .

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Environmental Law: Government and Public Policy Towards the Environment

Environmental Science

Environmental law, or sometimes known as environmental and natural resources law, is a term used to explain regulations, statutes, local, national and international legislation, and treaties designed to protect the environment from damage and to explain the legal consequences of such damage towards governments or private entities or individuals (1).