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York Conservation District: Residents To Benefit From Better Stormwater Plans, Faster Permit Approvals

PA Environment Daily

The York County Conservation District (YCCD) has adopted a new initiative to improve water quality in local streams, reduce flooding of properties located downslope of new construction activities, and provide for faster plan approvals at the local level. Visit the York County Conservation District website for more information.

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FRESH, October 4, 2022: Carbon Dioxide Storage and Transport Emerges as Political Flashpoint

Circle of Blue

Indiana regulates the underground storage of carbon dioxide. Wisconsin ’s environment agency once again begins drafting rules to limit PFAS pollution. . The company is seeking powers of eminent domain from state regulators. Wisconsin faces difficulty enforcing pollution control from small farms. billion annually.

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In Celebration Of The Many Contributions Of John Dawes To Protecting And Restoring PA’s Environment, Foundations Create The R. John Dawes Clean Water Fund

PA Environment Daily

FPW is a grantmaking foundation that invests in local efforts to protect healthy streams, clean up pollution, and restore degraded wildlife habitat. In November 2023, conservation and environmental protection leader Deborah Nardone was appointed as the Executive Director of the Foundation for Pennsylvania Watersheds.

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2021-2022 California Environmental Legislation: What’s Been Enacted?

Legal Planet

Now, SB 1137 protects communities by establishing a setback distance of 3,200 feet for homes, schools, parks, or businesses open to the public from new wells, and requires comprehensive pollution controls for existing oil wells within the setback zone. Ecological Conservation.

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Fifth Circuit Vacates EPA’s Disapproval of the Texas Flexible Permits Program

The Energy Law Blog

To determine the amount of the emissions cap, the state agency (Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission, which later became the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (“TCEQ”)) would first determine the corresponding emissions from each emissions unit under the cap if it had pollution controls at the BACT level.

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Blurred Lines: The Importance of Delineation Between Legislative and Non-legislative Rules Under the APA

Vermont Law

An interpretive rule “advise[s] the public of the agency’s construction of the statutes and rules which it administers…”An interpretive rule is a non-legislative rule that interprets or clarifies a provision previously promulgated through a statutory mandate or an agency regulation. Agricultural Conservation Flexibility Act of 2014.”.

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Maryland Adopts 42 New Environmental Laws in 2021

Greenbuilding Law

Maryland has been described as having more pages of environmental statutes and regulations on a per capita basis than any other state. As such, the bill retroactively allows qualified conservation that was completed in a forest mitigation bank on or before December 31, 2020, to be used, under both State and local forest conservation programs.

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