PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 10, 2022

But if Justice declined to act, the two intrepid canoers were positioned to make a political statement as well. Some history: Congress passed annual Rivers and Harbors Acts in the late 19th century, to make appropriations to the Corps of Engineers, to regulate construction in navigable waters, and to protect navigable channels.

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Vermont Law

FEBRUARY 8, 2015

In March of 2014, the EPA and the Army Corps of Engineers issued an “interpretive rule” regarding section 404 of the Clean Water Act, circumventing a notice and comment period. Under the Administrative Procedure Act (APA), “interpretive rules” are merely advisory and do not carry the force of law. Summary. :

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Legal Planet

OCTOBER 18, 2022

The Clean Water Act (CWA), one of the nation’s most important environmental laws, is 50 years old today. It’s proven to be one of the most successful of America’s bedrock federal environmental statutes. (credit: Amazon).

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 18, 2023

These threats include a legacy of toxic chemical discharges, bacteria impairment, nutrient pollution, mine waste, and other serious problems. The Ohio River has made tremendous progress through the processes of both The Safe Drinking Water Act and The Clean Water Act.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 17, 2024

Louisiana, will spend more than $10 million on pollution controls to address air, water, and hazardous waste violations at two petrochemical plants in Point Comfort, Texas, and Baton Rouge, La. PERI Pollution Indexes Based on United States Environmental Protection Agency data ranking the top 100 worst polluters.

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Circle of Blue

JANUARY 26, 2023

This is the first story in a series of reports from the Great Lakes News Collaborative that will investigate contemporary water pollution challenges in the Great Lakes region. You can think of chloride as a permanent pollutant in the water,” said Christe Alwin of the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy.

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Law Columbia

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

Under the Endangered Species Act, the court vacated the FWS’s biological opinion because the incidental take statement lacked “the requisite specificity of mitigation measures for the polar bear” and because the take finding for the polar bear was arbitrary and capricious. Circuit’s January 2021 decision vacating the U.S.

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