Union of Concerned Scientists
MARCH 26, 2025
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.
Circle of Blue
MAY 2, 2023
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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Circle of Blue
FEBRUARY 15, 2023
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.”
PA Environment Daily
FEBRUARY 1, 2022
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
Vermont Law
MARCH 24, 2014
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.
Vermont Law
APRIL 19, 2019
To make meaningful progress in lowering water pollution, the federal government should begin incentivizing agroecological practices that both allow farmers to keep their land in production and actively work to reduce excess nutrients, pesticide waste, and erosion. However, the CWA does not address agricultural pollution in a meaningful way.
Vermont Law
FEBRUARY 8, 2015
In March of 2014, the EPA and the Army Corps of Engineers issued an “interpretive rule” regarding section 404 of the Clean Water Act, circumventing a notice and comment period. Agricultural Conservation Flexibility Act of 2014.”. Section 404(f)(1)(A) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. Summary. :
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