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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. Environmental Protection Agency announced.

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Sierra Club v. Virginia Electric & Power Co.: How a Clean Water Act Misinterpretation May Open the Floodgates to Future Groundwater Polluters

Vermont Law

Since Congress enacted the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (Clean Water Act), federal circuit courts have contemplated the issue of whether groundwater pollution falls under the “navigable water” provision of the Clean Water Act’s (CWA)—albeit without tenable guidance.

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Federal Water Tap, July 18: White House Considers Impacts of Breaching Snake River Dams

Circle of Blue

The other report is an analysis of how breaching the dams would affect the electric grid and the region’s clean energy goals. On water impacts: because there are no federally regulated waters or wetlands in the area, Holtec will not need Clean Water Act permits. On the Radar. PFAS Research Agenda.

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N.C. Water Quality Legislation (2023)

Smith Enviorment

This post covers the most significant legislation affecting state water quality protections: AQUACULTURE PERMITTING Replace the existing NPDES General Permit for aquaculture operations. 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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Aggregating the Harms of Fossil Fuels

Legal Planet

The extraction phase can involve destruction of lands, risks to endangered species, water pollution from oil spills or leaching from mines, and serious dangers to workers. More than half of US emissions, amounting to over three billion tons of CO2, come from transportation and electricity generation with fossil fuels.

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Lake Erie’s Failed Algae Strategy Hurts Poor Communities the Most

Circle of Blue

“There were families who did not know about it, because they were living without electricity, so they didn’t hear the story,” Smith recalls. Toledo’s water emergency was the product of an ecological hazard that Smith and her neighbors had no hand in creating. There were elders who couldn’t take their medication.

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Environmental Law: Government and Public Policy Towards the Environment

Environmental Science

National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) : Set up by the EPA to determine standards for clean water (part of the Clean Water Act). It prohibits the discharge of polluting chemicals into US waters unless a special permit is granted. Sponsored Content. 10 Key International Environmental Laws.