Circle of Blue

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

And it left Steglitz irritated that he and his staff have to spend so much energy reacting to chemical threats that compromise Ann Arbor’s drinking water. “It’s The Clean Water Act, a landmark federal pollution control law passed in 1972, cleaned up American waterways once fouled by industrial waste.

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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. What does this mean for workers and communities?

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Vermont Law

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

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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Circle of Blue

JULY 18, 2022

Federal nuclear regulators intend to issue a license for an interim nuclear waste storage facility in southeastern New Mexico. 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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The Energy Law Blog

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

On October 18, 2023, the EPA published a Supplemental Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“SNPR”) regarding incidental discharges from vessels, proposing national performance standards under the Vessel Incidental Discharge Act (“VIDA”). Coast Guard (“USCG”) to develop corresponding regulations to enforce compliance with the EPA’s standards.

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Environment, Law, and History

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

The Santa Barbara spill is often pointed to as one of the foundational moments of modern American environmentalism and environmental regulation, but Spezio seems to flesh out the picture. Additionally, scientists used different protocols and technologies to measure oil pollution. Read more ».

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 31, 2023

What’s more is that the Source Water Protection Plans , which include recommendations for computer models, technology, and monitoring of water resources, served their purpose. The plans helped identify the risk to drinking water and its location, scale, and duration. What can we learn from this event? David Arscott, Ph.D.,

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

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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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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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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Acoel

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

Everybody knows there are straightforward management practices and technologies that could significantly reduce agricultural water pollution. For fifty years the Clean Water Act has exempted agriculture from federal regulation and left the problem for the states to regulate.

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Arnold Porter

JANUARY 20, 2023

Arnold & Porter’s Environmental Practice Group is pleased to announce that the American Bar Association has published Clean Water Act Essentials. The four authors each brought extensive expertise and practical experience on the Clean Water Act (CWA) to the project.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 15, 2023

On January 14, the Environmental Quality Board published final regulations to protect Pennsylvanians’ drinking water from PFAS chemicals by setting new limits on two forms of per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) and the first drinking water maximum contaminant level developed by the DEP.

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Circle of Blue

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

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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Legal Planet

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Our system of environmental regulation divides up regulation of a single substance based on each of its environmental impacts. That muddies the waters when we are talking about regulatory priorities, strategies, and long-term goals. But this excuse is wearing thin as clean technologies have advanced.

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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. In virtually all other nations, enforcement of water pollution control and other environmental laws is the sole responsibility of government regulators. (credit: Amazon).

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Environmental Science

SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

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).

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Circle of Blue

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

They disproportionately impact people that financially are at the bottom of society,” said Sinha, senior vice president of the research group Environmental Consulting & Technology. . The two Smiths stand as a testament to the fact that advocating for water free of toxic algae is now a multigenerational issue.

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Environmental Science

JULY 30, 2018

Environmental regulation. EPA and agencies have dozens of guidance documents and regulations about analytical methods to be used for environmental samples. Based on regulations and scientific knowledge, commercial laboratories have an established suite of chemicals they typically look for in environmental samples. Limitations.

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Greenbuilding Law

APRIL 25, 2021

Maryland has been described as having more pages of environmental statutes and regulations on a per capita basis than any other state. Senate Bill 119 / House Bill 507 reauthorize and modify the Clean Water Commerce Act (currently scheduled to sunset on June 30, 2021) through June 30, 2030 and require MDE to transfer $20.0

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Ocean Conservancy

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Strengthen environmental regulations like the Clean Water Act, Clean Air Act and Toxic Substances Control Act protections to reduce pollution and climate impacts in fenceline communities. Direct the EPA to not include harmful chemical recycling technologies in the national recycling strategy.

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ESA

DECEMBER 20, 2021

Geological Survey for grants and other financial assistance to water resources research and technology institutes and centers. Legislative updates: The Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee advanced the Restoring Resilient Reefs Act ( S. EPA – Proposed Settlement Agreement, Clean Water Act.

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ESA

OCTOBER 24, 2022

ESA and other scientific societies file brief arguing that the interpretation of the Clean Water Act is inherently founded on science. White House: The President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) will meet Nov 9, 2022. Clean Water Act at 50: environmental gains, challenges unmet – Associated Press.

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Circle of Blue

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

Farms collectively are the largest source of nitrate pollution in rivers and groundwater, and the penalty for contaminated water — meaning stricter and more costly standards in order to protect public health — is paid by the people who drink it. The MCL takes into account treatment technology and the cost of treatment.

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Circle of Blue

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

The tools and technology for achieving that goal in agriculture are well understood and applied with differing levels of authority, commitment, and effectiveness around the world, but not across the United States. a potential solution is chemical technology to scrub harmful algal blooms from lakes. In the U.S.,

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Acoel

MARCH 7, 2022

2 and 3 could possibly be approached with existing Clean Water Act authority and the Trash Free Waters Program , with possible assistance from litigation intended to achieve enforcement of existing legislation and regulation. Recommendation Nos. Now the hard work begins.

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 11, 2023

Likewise, the EQB may not adopt regulations that are not supported by statute.” Site-Specific Methylmercury Standard The EQB adopted the proposed rulemaking changing the site-specific water quality standard for methylmercury in Ebaughs Creek in York County from 0.05 Click Here for DEP’s report on the petition.

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Circle of Blue

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

Harmful algal blooms are the biological consequence of a riptide of bloom-generating nutrients allowed by law and timid regulation to run off the land, particularly farm fields. These nutrients are the source of some of the nation’s worst water pollution. . Clean Water Act, a pivotal piece of American environmental law.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 18, 2022

Hosted By PA League Of Women Voters & University Of Pittsburgh Graduate School Of Public Health [PaEN] -- DEP Issues Notice Of Violation To Shell Petrochemical Plant In Beaver County For Air Quality Violations In Sept. -

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Circle of Blue

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

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. clean water statute, though, give farmers and their wastes special treatment. The technology measures plant growth and soil conditions.

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Legal Planet

JUNE 24, 2021

Issuing Regulations. Q: Where do agencies like EPA get the power to create regulations? 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.

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Circle of Blue

MARCH 13, 2023

The Bureau of Reclamation prepares $250 million to pay Colorado River water users not to use water. The House passes a resolution to reject the Biden administration’s Clean Water Act definition. And lastly, the EPA’s draft rules for PFAS in drinking water could come at any moment. “So,

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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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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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Legal Planet

MARCH 10, 2023

EPA proposed new regulations next week to reduce the water pollution impacts of coal-fired power plants. As EPA regulations go, these count as fairly minor. The rulemaking illustrates the highly technical nature of regulations and the lawless nature of Trump’s EPA.

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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. In the interim, state regulators this year are directly asking municipalities with storm sewer systems to outline steps for controlling salt runoff from roads.

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ESA

AUGUST 30, 2021

Clean Water Act: A memo from the EPA and the Army Corps of Engineers provides guidance about how the Biden administrations will implement a 2020 Trump administration Clean Water Act rule limiting states’ ability to block infrastructure projects over water quality concerns. Scientific Community.

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