Vermont Law

MARCH 30, 2020

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. Sierra Club v.

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Circle of Blue

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

There is nothing attractive, though, about Lake Erie’s annual algal bloom, or the harmful blooms that now contaminate so many of America’s iconic waters, among them the Chesapeake Bay, Lake Okeechobee, Lake Champlain, and California’s Clear Lake. These nutrients are the source of some of the nation’s worst water pollution. .

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Circle of Blue

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

In A Year of Water Quality Reckoning, National Imperative is Impeded Law and policy treat farms as special class of polluter. Fifty years ago the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement was signed and the Clean Water Act was enacted to clear pollution from the region’s waters. Photographs by J.

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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. Road Salt, A Stealthy Pollutant, Is Damaging Michigan Waters Rivers and lakes are becoming saltier while law and practice limit effective responses.

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Legal Planet

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

When the a law is focused on one impact of coal, attempts to take into account other harms can get mired in controversies about considering “co-benefits” and direct versus indirect or cumulative impacts. The existence of these laws is a testament to the environmental harms of the activity.

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Legal Planet

OCTOBER 21, 2021

The Clean Water Act only requires a permit for discharging pollution into waterbodies, and the Trump EPA argued that discharges into groundwater are never covered by this requirement. Most observers expected the Court to rule for the county. He found that approach reasonable.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 15, 2023

The DRBC will continue to work with the EPA, our state environmental agencies, and stakeholders to plan for the implementation of revised aquatic life use standards proposed in this rulemaking to improve water quality in the Delaware River Estuary.” Reaction “Today we thank the U.S.

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Circle of Blue

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

A federal judge overturns the Trump administration’s Clean Water Act definition. Bureau of Reclamation contributes $19 million for a Colorado River water conservation program. USGS researchers also find that water use for fracking in the Permian basin climbed in the last decade. Desalination Technology Research.

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Circle of Blue

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Ongoing Battle to Keep Toxic Chemicals at Bay Outdated federal water laws and chemicals that were approved for industry without assessing for risk leave Ann Arbor and other communities struggling to ward off water contaminants before they foul drinking supplies. It’s frustrating,” he said.

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National Law Center

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

In late January, the Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) announced that it was seeking public comment on its proposal to revise technology-based. The post EPA Proposes Updates to Effluent Limitations for Meat and Poultry Processors appeared first on National Agricultural Law Center.

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E2 Law Blog

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Addressing the challenges that forever chemicals pose will require additional funding to employ the necessary technology and water infrastructure designed specifically for this purpose. Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) – Uncertainty persists regarding federal and potential state efforts to regulate PFAS and other “forever chemicals.”

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Circle of Blue

JANUARY 31, 2022

The nation’s highest court will again take on the Clean Water Act. The nation’s highest court will once again interpret the reach of the Clean Water Act, the foundational environmental law whose scope has been the subject of court and administrative battles for more than three decades. The Rundown.

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Legal Planet

MARCH 10, 2023

As it happens, part of the justification for EPA’s choice of this technology actually is interesting. The Trump Administration had decided that this type of filtration was not an “available technology.” There’s no question that EPA is right on the law: a technology can be “available” even though it’s not used by the regulated industry.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JUNE 26, 2023

Yes, transmission system investments are decades behind in keeping up with the transition to newer, cleaner and cheaper energy technologies. Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) $2.5 Think back to the Trump administration’s Environmental Protection Agency, which was forced by law to regulate carbon emissions.

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Legal Planet

JUNE 24, 2021

They also get the power to issue regulations from laws passed by Congress. For instance, the Clean Water Act tells EPA to issue regulations based on the “best available technology” for controlling the discharge of toxic water pollutants. A: Under current law, courts use what’s called the Chevron doctrine.

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Smith Enviorment

DECEMBER 14, 2023

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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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 14, 2024

These laws have reduced extreme cases of pollution, such as rivers catching on fire or streams changing color due to industrial waste. PaEN] -- Mountain Watershed Assn.

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The Energy Law Blog

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a memorandum providing States with guidance on how to address ocean acidification in their Clean Water Act 303(d) impairment listings. It is unclear how these developments may affect, if at all, future EPA Ocean Discharge Criteria evaluations under Section 403 of the Clean Water Act.

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Acoel

AUGUST 2, 2021

Western water policy was formed out of the common law development of the “wild west.” Without a fresh look at water policy, efforts toward climate change will, at best, come too late. The post Water, Water <s>Everywhere</s> Nowhere, And Not a Drop To Drink appeared first on ACOEL.

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Greenbuilding Law

APRIL 25, 2021

The new laws compiled below add to that already very green environmental regulatory scheme. Savvy players in the environmental industrial complex and associated industries will find business opportunities to lead and profit in environmental matters, including opportunities advantaged by these newly enacted laws. to 100%.

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Acoel

APRIL 13, 2023

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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Union of Concerned Scientists

JULY 20, 2023

The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy released its own scientific integrity policy, and the Biden administration took steps to make the regulatory process more inclusive. A Marquette Law School poll found that only 25% of respondents had a great deal or a lot of confidence in the Court, the lowest level since polling began.

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Environmental Science

SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

What is Environmental Law? Humanity has been aware of its environment far longer than there have been laws to protect environments. However, the term “environmental law” does not just cover government legislation. These are not “laws” per se but act as such within a regulatory framework. Sponsored Content.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JULY 20, 2023

The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy released its own scientific integrity policy, and the Biden administration took steps to make the regulatory process more inclusive. A Marquette Law School poll found that only 25% of respondents had a great deal or a lot of confidence in the Court, the lowest level since polling began.

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The Energy Law Blog

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

When the deadline passed, environmental groups sued the EPA alleging that the EPA’s delay violated the Clean Water Act. The SNPR also concludes that under the EPA’s analysis, a stricter ballast water discharge standard would not be the “Best Available Technology Economically Achievable,” or “BAT.”

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Acoel

MARCH 7, 2022

But before I preach about plastic waste, with my mood lightened by this ray of hope, let me just offer a quick reminder of a foundational point: the law of conservation of mass , which recognizes that matter (with its specific mass) can change form, but before and after the change, the mass remains the same. Recommendation Nos.

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Law Columbia

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

federal laws dealing specifically with seaweed cultivation, various general environmental and other laws could apply to projects. Projects may also be subject to state aquaculture permitting laws and state and federal requirements to consult with Native American tribes and other stakeholders. Potentially applicable U.S.

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Circle of Blue

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

“It really does come down to the fact that poor people, that have the least ability to pay, are the ones who are forced to come up with the dollars to upgrade their infrastructure, but the problem is coming from external forces,” says Nick Schroeck, the former director of the Great Lakes Environmental Law Center. The victory was short-lived.

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Acoel

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

The Des Moines Water Works alleged the agricultural drains were point sources that required NPDES permits, and the water works sought monetary damages to recoup the costs of treating the river water to remove excess nitrates due to the agricultural pollution. environmental law when it comes to agricultural water pollution.

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ESA

OCTOBER 11, 2022

EPA, Ruling Could Impact the Definition of “Waters of the U.S.”. ESA and other scientific societies file brief arguing that the interpretation of the Clean Water Act is inherently founded on science. 8965) that would reauthorize existing control of aquatic plant growths and invasive species law through fiscal year 2028.

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 27, 2021

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.

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ESA

JULY 26, 2021

Judge rules Maui County, Hawaii must receive a Clean Water Act permit in a case that reached the Supreme Court. Maine law banning PFAS takes effect. billion for climate and clean energy-related research. Innovation and Competition Act (USICA) ( S. 1260 ) and the NSF for the Future Act ( H.R.

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Environment, Law, and History

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

Newton writes that Spezio explores the relationships between oil pollution and political changes in the 1970s and asks how the Santa Barbara oil spill became a watershed moment in the history of environmental and science policy in the US, especially in regard to the Clean Water Act of 1972 (CWA).

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ESA

MAY 31, 2023

In this issue: Supreme Court dramatically shrinks Clean Water Act’s reach Biden administration must now rework recent Clean Water Act regulations. Those industries have fought for decades to limit the law’s reach. United States, should no longer determine the scope of the law.

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ESA

APRIL 11, 2022

Supreme Court reinstates Trump administration Clean Water Act regulation. Carbon dioxide removal — which encompasses methods ranging from natural processes like planting trees to technological solutions like direct air capture — is “unavoidable” to reach net-zero emissions, the authors said. Executive Branch.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

DEP said the proposed regulation ensures DEP receives the information it needs to meet its statutory obligation under state law and as a trustee under the Environmental Rights Amendment to the state constitution. DEP is required by the federal Clean Water Act to submit a report to the U.S.

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ESA

APRIL 3, 2023

Congress Senate votes to nullify Clean Water Act rule, Biden is expected to veto the measure. The Biden administration said that rule aims to create a ‘durable’ definition of the Waters of the U.S. The Biden Clean Water Act rule was released in late December and the rule was originally set to take effect in late March.

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