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.

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Clean Water Act Ocean Sea Level Pollution Control 225

Law Columbia

NOVEMBER 7, 2017

The plaintiffs alleged that Peabody (and a number of other fossil fuel companies) caused greenhouse gas emissions that resulted in sea level rise and damage to their property. In addition, the company filed an appeal with the Washington State Pollution Control Hearings Board. Millennium Bulk Terminals-Longview, LLC v.

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2017 Clean Air Act Climate Change Clean Water Act 40

Law Columbia

JULY 2, 2021

The Hawai‘i Supreme Court held that the state’s Public Utilities Commission (PUC) did not abuse its discretion when it declined to re-open a 2014 order that approved a Purchase Power Agreement for wind energy. June 25, 2021). Washington Appellate Court Sent CAFO Permits Back to Agency for Consideration of Climate Impacts and Other Issues.

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