Circle of Blue

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

In 2021, USDA spending on conservation reached 29 of Lenawee County’s 1,300 farms. The 1972 Clean Water Act immunizes crop farmers from government regulations to control agricultural runoff. billion budget in 2021. In this game, Michigan is a small player, garnering just more than $50 million.

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Acoel

JULY 29, 2021

Posted on July 29, 2021 by Kenneth J. In an ACOEL blog posted on July 27, 2021, Seth Jaffe expressed his support for the Supreme Court’s majority opinion in the Maui case and the subsequent ruling by the District Court. Water managers understand that surface and groundwater ordinarily form interconnected systems.

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Environment, Law, and History

MAY 6, 2022

Press of Kansas, 2021). The turning point in the book is the winter of 1971 and 1972 where Nixon began to express serious concern that he would soon face major backlash from pro-industry voters if he continued to support stiff environmental regulations. “I Haldeman, in February 1971.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 21, 2024

She contends the federal Natural Gas Act mandates the federal Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit has “exclusive jurisdiction over an appeal which challenges any state agency’s action in either approving or denying a permit when the state agency acts on the basis of federal law.” of Bordentown v. Read more here.

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Environment Next

AUGUST 31, 2021

On August 30, 2021, the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona vacated a 2020 rulemaking that had pared back protections to certain bodies of water (see attached August 30, 2021 Opinion ). The 2020 rulemaking replaced a 2015 rule defining “waters of the United States” more broadly under the Clean Water Act.

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Circle of Blue

MAY 16, 2023

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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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

DEP’s Water Resources Advisory Committee is scheduled to hear a presentation on DEP's new proposed regulation setting notification requirements for unauthorized discharges to waters of the Commonwealth at its meeting on September 21. Click Here for a copy of the draft regulation. 2015-011-L ).

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Smith Enviorment

JUNE 4, 2021

June 4, 2021. FERC also regulates interstate pipeline projects for transportation safety purposes. Pipeline construction often requires a Clean Water Act Sec. 404 permit (for deposition of fill material in rivers, streams and other waters) from the U.S. 401 of the Clean Water Act, an applicant for a Sec.

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 28, 2023

On July 11, the Environmental Quality Board will consider DEP’s report on a rulemaking petition to raise the well plugging bonding amounts for conventional oil and gas wells, proposed changes to state water quality criteria and other regulations. Likewise, the EQB may not adopt regulations that are not supported by statute.”

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 14, 2022

Small, Chesapeake Bay Foundation-PA When the federal Clean Water Act was established 50 years ago to regulate pollution to the country's rivers and streams and set quality standards for surface waters, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania already had a Clean Streams Law and an Environmental Rights Amendment (ERA) to its Constitution on the books. "But

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 11, 2023

On July 11, the Environmental Quality Board voted to accept the Department’s report on a rulemaking petition submitted by the Sierra Club and other groups in September of 2021 that the EQB no longer has the authority to adjust well bonding amounts for 10 years under Act 96 passed and signed into law by Gov. Wolf on July 19, 2022.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

In July 2021, Physicians for Social Responsibility reported PFAS chemicals were used by Chevron in fracking unconventional shale gas wells between 2012 and 2020. Read more here. Send comments to: PaEnviroDigest@gmail.com.)

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Environment Next

AUGUST 4, 2020

The important take away is that state environmental compliance inspections of regulated facilities will occur as planned in 2020 and 2021, but may be delayed or performed remotely. It remains uncertain exactly how remote inspections will proceed and what techniques may be used to ensure their validity.

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E2 Law Blog

MAY 10, 2021

MDE has adopted this approach to satisfy, in part, the State’s obligations to comply with the Chesapeake Bay Total Maximum Daily Load for nutrients and solids under the federal Clean Water Act. For the most part, an MS4 is only regulated if it receives stormwater from an “urbanized area.” Dep’t of the Envt. 2019), cert.

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Acoel

JULY 12, 2021

Posted on July 12, 2021 by Alexandra Dapolito Dunn. The 2016 Lautenberg Amendments turning five on June 22, 2021 provides a perfect opportunity to reflect on how this ambitious and bold statute is growing up –­ and faring in the courts. Tracking the body of law building up around the Amendments is, for now, a manageable exercise.

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Ocean Conservancy

DECEMBER 5, 2022

On December 1, Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ), Representative Jared Huffman (D-CA-02), Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR), and Representative Alan Lowenthal (D-CA-47) introduced new legislation, the Protecting Communities from Plastic Act (S.

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Acoel

JULY 27, 2021

Posted on July 27, 2021 by Seth Jaffe. I can imagine a facility owner persuasively arguing that its discharge does not cause the exceedance of any water quality criteria, and thus that no effluent limits need be imposed. My quick answer is that it will probably have no effect.

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Smith Enviorment

DECEMBER 14, 2023

This post covers the most significant legislation affecting state water quality protections: AQUACULTURE PERMITTING Replace the existing NPDES General Permit for aquaculture operations. The Clean Water Act requires a National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit for any release of waste to surface waters.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 17, 2022

Smucker - Proliferation Of Natural Gas Production Has Resulted In More Methane Emissions - Michael Wright, Climate Psychology Alliance Of North America -- TribLive Letter: Local Energy Choice Means Progress On Environment, Economy - PA Chamber [Except communities are banned from making a clean energy choice under this legislation.] -- Scranton Times (..)

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E2 Law Blog

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

18, 2021, United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Michael S. Regan announced the EPA’s strategy to address certain per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS): PFAS Strategic Roadmap: EPA’s Commitment to Action 2021-2024. NOTE : The EPA will be hosting a webinar on this topic on Nov. 2 at 2:00 p.m.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 25, 2021

1 High School Juniors Can Now Apply For 2022 Governor’s School For The Sciences Pennsylvania Teachers Invited To Participate In Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful’s Litter Free School Zone Program Reminder: Register Now For 2021 Chesapeake Bay Watershed Forum Nov. 15 PA4R Alliance Hosting 3-Part Webinar Series On Nutrient Management Starting Oct.

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 17, 2022

Below are examples of going the WRONG WAY on environmental and energy issues from last week’s articles and NewsClips-- -- Bradford Era: 24-Inch Natural Gas Pipeline Ruptures, Explodes In McKean County Causing Wildfire; Force Majeure Declared In 2 States [PaEN] -- Bradford Era: No Cause Identified Yet For Natural Gas Pipeline Explosion In McKean County (..)

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 16, 2022

-- Caren Glotfelty Recognized As A 2022 Distinguished Daughter Of Pennsylvania [PaEN] -- CBF Blog: Franklin Kury: Two Jars Of Water, And A Lasting Environmental Legacy For Pennsylvania - By B.J.

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Circle of Blue

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Fifty years ago the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement was signed and the Clean Water Act was enacted to clear pollution from the region’s waters. clean water statute, though, give farmers and their wastes special treatment. Video: Lake Erie’s murky algae water. Regulation Begins.

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Circle of Blue

JANUARY 26, 2023

This is the first story in a series of reports from the Great Lakes News Collaborative that will investigate contemporary water pollution challenges in the Great Lakes region. In the interim, state regulators this year are directly asking municipalities with storm sewer systems to outline steps for controlling salt runoff from roads.

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Circle of Blue

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

The EPA finalizes guidance for balancing sewage system improvements with financial burdens to residential water bills. Republicans take aim at the Biden administration’s definition of the scope of the Clean Water Act. The number is roughly unchanged from 2021. Geological Survey figures. is for deicing roads.

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National Law Center

OCTOBER 7, 2021

When the Biden Administration took office in January, 2021, President Biden issued an Executive Order requiring all federal agencies to review. The post Biden Administration Begins Review of Environmental Regulations appeared first on National Agricultural Law Center.

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Vermont Law

OCTOBER 31, 2024

The Environmental Protection Agency created the term “Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation”, (CAFO) as part of a regulatory scheme for enforcing the Clean Water Act. Despite the tremendous harm that CAFOs do, the federal government does not effectively regulate methane emissions from CAFOs. Then, the D.C.

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Circle of Blue

MARCH 21, 2023

Army Corps of Engineers for violating both the National Environmental Policy Act and Clean Water Act in a proposed expansion of a lakefront sediment dumping site. In 2021, residents went on hunger strikes while successfully stopping a large metal scrapper facility from being moved to the area from the city’s north side.

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Environment Next

JULY 22, 2021

On July 21, 2021, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the PFAS Action Act of 2011 , requiring EPA to establish nationwide drinking water standards for PFOA and PFOS, two of the thousands of PFAS compounds. EPA has previously established non-enforceable drinking water health advisories for PFOA and PFOS of 70 ppt.

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Acoel

MAY 17, 2022

EPA seeking clarification on the agency’s position on bacteria mixing zones and wet weather blending [1] under the Clean Water Act. EPA’s “rule” – imposing secondary treatment requirements on flows within a facility – as exceeding the agency’s legal authority under the Clean Water Act.

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E2 Law Blog

JULY 18, 2022

Greenberg Traurig Tampa office Shareholders David Weinstein and Christopher Torres and Associate Kayli Smendec co-authored the chapter titled “Environmental Enforcement and Crimes” in Environment, Energy, and Resources Law: The Year in Review 2021, published by the ABA Section of Environment, Energy, and Resources.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

7 [PaEN] -- Patch: Major Extension Of Chester Valley Trail To Link To Schuylkill River Trail -- WITF Smart Talk 9:00 a.m.: 7 [PaEN] -- Patch: Major Extension Of Chester Valley Trail To Link To Schuylkill River Trail -- WITF Smart Talk 9:00 a.m.:

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Enviromental Defense

JANUARY 20, 2023

The water quality was so bad that there were incidents where tributary rivers that empty into Lake Erie caught fire. These deplorable conditions eventually led to the implementation of the Clean Water Act , which was passed in 1972 and strengthened regulations on industrial waste disposal.

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Acoel

MARCH 30, 2022

In 2022, the on-going debate will continue over the hotly contested definition of “waters of the United States” (WOTUS), a phrase that determines the scope of federal jurisdiction over streams, wetlands and other waterbodies under the Clean Water Act (CWA). The Sacketts petitioned the U.S.

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 17, 2023

Through 2021, Pennsylvania had cut 8.7 But that and other farm-related regulations were often unenforced. The EPA’s Clean Water Act authority over farms is generally limited to large, concentrated animal feeding operations or CAFOs. million pounds to 73.5 That’s a decrease of 39.7 million pounds, with just 2.1

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 18, 2022

Hosted By PA League Of Women Voters & University Of Pittsburgh Graduate School Of Public Health [PaEN] -- DEP Issues Notice Of Violation To Shell Petrochemical Plant In Beaver County For Air Quality Violations In Sept. -

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