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An Opportunity to Reduce Water Pollution from Slaughterhouses

Union of Concerned Scientists

Industrial meat and poultry slaughterhouses dump millions of pounds of pollutants into the nation’s waters every year. The federal Clean Water Act directs the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to set and enforce the rules that regulate this pollution. The proposal also introduces regulations for E.

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Ongoing Battle to Keep Toxic Chemicals at Bay

Circle of Blue

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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Regulating the Regulators: Supreme Court Allows Judicial Review of Clean Water Act Determinations

The Energy Law

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).

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Lehigh Valley Watershed Conference At Lehigh University On March 14

PA Environment Daily

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.

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Sixth Circuit Will Not Rehear Venue Question in Clean Water Act Rule Dispute

The Energy Law

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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Farms in Six Southeast Michigan Counties Are Major Sources of Lake Erie Toxic Blooms

Circle of Blue

Pam Taylor, a member of Environmentally Concerned Citizens of South Central Michigan, manages one of the country’s largest citizen-led water monitoring programs. The 1972 Clean Water Act immunizes crop farmers from government regulations to control agricultural runoff. Carl Ganter/ Circle of Blue.

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Fresh, May 16, 2023: New Wisconsin Law Aims to Protect Watersheds From Farm Runoff

Circle of Blue

The Township of Archipelago, which sits on the shores of Georgian Bay in the Lake Huron watershed, is seeking multinational support in its opposition to Bill 23 , the “More Homes Built Faster Act,” The Narwhal reports. The bill, which streamlines construction of 1.5 The resolution is expected to pass at the Great Lakes and St.

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