Union of Concerned Scientists
OCTOBER 17, 2024
It is mind- bog -gling, syllable pun intended, that scientists still do not know how many wetlands lost protection in last year’s crippling of the Clean Water Act by the Supreme Court. It also cannot happen when wetlands literally save property and lives by being buffers against winds and storm surges.
Circle of Blue
FEBRUARY 15, 2023
And it left Steglitz irritated that he and his staff have to spend so much energy reacting to chemical threats that compromise Ann Arbor’s drinking water. “It’s The Clean Water Act, a landmark federal pollution control law passed in 1972, cleaned up American waterways once fouled by industrial waste.
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The Energy Law
JUNE 1, 2016
The United States Supreme Court recently addressed whether the United States Army Corps of Engineers’ determination that wetlands are “waters of the United States” constitutes a final agency action that is subject to judicial review under the Administrative Procedure Act in U.S. 15-290, 2016 WL 3041052 (U.S. May 31, 2016).
Circle of Blue
SEPTEMBER 22, 2022
The authority to do so is embedded in the federal 1972 Clean Water Act, which defined large livestock and poultry farms as “point sources” of water pollution that require permits to discharge their wastes. . pounds per acre on average in 2016 from 16.2 pounds in 2006. That’s a 15 percent increase. .
Vermont Law
APRIL 19, 2019
Four non-profit environmental groups (Hawai‘i Wildlife Fund, Sierra Club-Maui Group, Surfrider Foundation, and West Maui Preservation Association) brought a suit against the County of Maui, alleging that the county violated the Clean Water Act (CWA) because they did not have a National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit.
PA Environment Daily
FEBRUARY 21, 2023
There will also be a full day MS-4 track for municipal staff and consultants charged with implementing stormwater regulations. Continuing education credits will be available for engineers and landscaping professionals. Continuing education credits will be available for engineers and landscaping professionals.
The Energy Law
APRIL 25, 2016
On April 21, 2016 the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit denied several petitions for rehearing en banc a Sixth Circuit panel decision that looked at which courts (federal district court or federal courts of appeal) have original jurisdiction to hear challenges to the EPA’s Clean Water Rule.
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