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SCOTUS Rules in Favor of Sewage: You Can’t Make This Sh** Up

Union of Concerned Scientists

Combined sewer overflows (CSOs), as a discharge of pollutants, are thus subject to NPDES permitting and must comply with the EPAs CSO Control Policy and relevant water quality standards. The NPDES permit for the Oceanside facility, expired in 2014 but had been administratively reissued ever since.

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Washington County Judge Rules Sunoco Pipeline Did Not Have Eminent Domain Authority To Take Property For Mariner East Pipelines In Landowner Lawsuit Alleging Fraud

PA Environment Daily

Plaintiffs allege that in August 2014 they learned that Defendant Sunoco Pipeline did not have eminent domain authority in 2013 when the Right of Way was negotiated, and the Agreement was signed.

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Fresh, May 2, 2023: Mississippi River Flooding Reaches Historic Levels Along Illinois-Iowa Border

Circle of Blue

Davenport, Iowa, is used to such floods — waters reached similar levels in 2019, 2014, and 2008. In releasing this wastewater the facility violated a national permit, though according to the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, the majority of the release was “clear storm water” and the threat to public health is “slim.”

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Ongoing Battle to Keep Toxic Chemicals at Bay

Circle of Blue

The Clean Water Act, a landmark federal pollution control law passed in 1972, cleaned up American waterways once fouled by industrial waste. That means establishing pollution control limits on chemicals as soon as they’re approved for use. It’s frustrating,” he said. But you know, like, this is the world we live in.”

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General Assembly Diverted $3.602 Billion From Environmental Infrastructure Projects And Programs Into State Budget Black Hole

PA Environment Daily

million from the Alternative Fuels Incentive Grant Fund to balance the state budget; -- FY 2014-15 budget continues the $102.8 million from the Alternative Fuels Incentive Grant Fund to balance the state budget; -- FY 2014-15 budget continues the $102.8 million from DEP, $1.5 million; DCNR: $1.5 million; and DEP: $4.2

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Oil Refineries: A Deadly Industry

Union of Concerned Scientists

The refining industry is the largest emitter of pollution during malfunctions compared to other industries. The average age of a US refinery is over 40 years, with some dating to the end of the 19 th century, and they mostly have inadequate pollution control systems. It damages lung tissue by chemically reacting with it.

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Fighting Big Coal––Washington Judge Allows Novel Clean Water Act Citizens’ Suit to Proceed

Vermont Law

On March 12, 2014, the Honorable John C. The Western District Court’s opinion comes on the heels of a similar favorable decision denying BNSF’s motion to dismiss in a companion case filed by the same environmental organizations against BNSF in the Eastern District of Washington that was issued in January 2014. Sierra Club v.