Legal Planet
JUNE 27, 2024
Clean Water Act. This law has done a good job at cleaning up municipal and industrial water pollution. In public health terms, what makes air pollution distinctive is the millions of people exposes to common pollutants such as particulates and smog.
Circle of Blue
SEPTEMBER 13, 2022
based Environmental Working Group identified 775 CAFOs in the western Lake Erie basin in 2018, 230 more than in 2005. Department of Agriculture Publications and National Center for Water Quality, Heidelberg University. million more tons than in 2005. The growth has been exponential. Department of Agriculture 2017 Census and U.S.
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The Energy Law
JULY 25, 2013
To understand the stormwater permit requirements for oil and gas activities, you need to review not only the regulations that remain in force, but also the Clean Water Act as amended by the Energy Policy Act of 2005. CWA §402(l)(2). See Natural Resources Defense Council v. 3d 591 (9th Cir.
The Energy Law
APRIL 6, 2017
Natural gas pipelines have historically been governed by federal law since the passing of the Natural Gas Act of 1938. However, such a line still requires state Water Quality Certification under the Clean Water Act § 401. The Constitution Pipeline was granted federal permits.
Law Columbia
JANUARY 16, 2019
These leaks are only a fraction of the 90,000 barrels spilled in Louisiana in 2005 after Hurricane Katrina. In the aftermath of Harvey, Texas refineries, storage terminals, and other facilities, spilled over 22,000 barrels of crude oil, gasoline, diesel, and drilling wastewater.
The Energy Law
JUNE 25, 2008
The Ninth Circuit found EPA’s rule, which was a codification of a recent exemption added to the Clean Water Act (CWA or the Act), to be an impermissible interpretation of the Act. 06-73217 (9th Cir.
Circle of Blue
FEBRUARY 2, 2022
His parents, Gary and Shari Peters, documented six more kids in Aurora diagnosed with cancer from 2005 to 2013. In the United States, excess nutrients build up in waterways from Lake Erie to the Gulf of Mexico, precipitating algae outbreaks that kill fish, close public drinking water utilities, and pollute water.
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