PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

Despite numerous reports of oil discharges reaching miles long from the vicinity of the facility, the DEP has not yet imposed any required remediation efforts nor any financial penalties for the federal Clean Water Act violations of Pennsylvania’s Clean Streams Law. Three Rivers Waterkeeper is also concerned that U.S.

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

to bring its waste treatment and disposal facility in Yukon, Westmoreland County into compliance with the federal Clean Water Act. Metals and other pollutants were found in landfill discharge and stormwater runoff at the facility from January 2022 to July 2023, EPA said.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 19, 2022

50K 2022 Trash Challenge The shock of the amount, paired with the determination of these partners, sparked an idea. Let’s continue to join forces and set a goal to remove 50,000 pounds of trash by the end of 2022, honoring the 50th Anniversary of the federal Clean Water Act. A total of 3.6

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National Law Center

DECEMBER 8, 2022

The post Top Environmental Law Topics from 2022 appeared first on National Agricultural Law Center. Over the past year, the environmental law arena has seen various issues and developments that have had impacts on agriculture.

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National Law Center

JANUARY 6, 2022

Environmental law issues were at the forefront in 2021, and 2022 is shaping up to be no different. With on-going lawsuits, The post Environmental Law Topics to Watch in 2022 appeared first on National Agricultural Law Center.

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Circle of Blue

JANUARY 6, 2022

The environmental and community groups argue that in granting the permit, West Virginia’s environmental agency violated the Clean Water Act. The post The Stream, January 6, 2022: Rain Forecasts Could Boost Brazil’s Electricity Sector appeared first on Circle of Blue.

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Circle of Blue

JANUARY 26, 2022

In Case You Missed It: HotSpots H2O: As Dust Settles in Tonga After Volcanic Eruption, Drinking Water Now the ‘Biggest Life-Saving Issue’ – Ocean water and volcanic ash have contaminated the drinking water of tens of thousands of people in the Pacific Island nation. In context: EPA Clean Water Rule Meets Political Pushback.

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Circle of Blue

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

Lake Erie’s Failed Algae Strategy Hurts Poor Communities the Most Algae blooms are hiking the cost of water for people already struggling to pay their bills. September 20, 2022 . The Clean Water Act is a clunky instrument for addressing diffuse pollution. By Laura Gersony, Circle of Blue. Photographs by J.

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National Law Center

JULY 21, 2022

The first half of 2022 has seen a lot of development in the area of environmental law. The post Environmental Law Highlight: Developments From the First Half of 2022 appeared first on National Agricultural Law Center. From lawsuits to regulatory.

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Circle of Blue

MAY 9, 2022

By Lester Graham, Michigan Radio – May 9, 2022. Much of the water and sewer infrastructure in Michigan began with a huge move by the federal government to fund the building of water and sewer systems starting in the late 19 th century. Lester Graham / Michigan Radio. Michigan has had its share of disasters. Brett Walton.

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National Law Center

JULY 22, 2022

The post Ag and Food Law Daily Update: July 22, 2022 appeared first on National Agricultural Law Center. A comprehensive summary of today’s judicial, legislative, and regulatory developments in agriculture and food. Email important additions HERE. .

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National Law Center

AUGUST 26, 2022

The post Ag and Food Law Daily Update: August 26, 2022 appeared first on National Agricultural Law Center. A comprehensive summary of today’s judicial, legislative, and regulatory developments in agriculture and food. Email important additions HERE. .

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 11, 2023

The citizen suit cites Modern Landfill’s repeated violations of its water quality-based permit limits under the federal Clean Water Act, and unpermitted discharges of toxic per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). However, in June 2022, PFOS and PFOA in Kreutz Creek were measured at 374.3

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Union of Concerned Scientists

OCTOBER 4, 2022

In January 2022, the Fourth Circuit US Court of Appeals ruling on a Sierra Club lawsuit stripped the Mountain Valley Pipeline of construction permits in the Jefferson National Forest. However, policy that relies on science requires a very different set of questions and answers.

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MGKF Law

AUGUST 30, 2022

In order to bring a citizen suit in federal district court under the Clean Water Act, 33 USC § 1365(a)(1), the plaintiff must first give “notice of the alleged violation” to the alleged violator, the EPA, and the State at least 60 days prior to commencing suit. In Shark River Cleanup Coalition v. §135.3(a).

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 5, 2022

Registration is now open for the 2022 Watershed Congress to be held in-person and online at the Montgomery County Community College campus in Pottstown on October 22. To register and for more information, visit the 2022 Watershed Congress website. Posted: October 5, 2022] PA Environment Digest

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 14, 2022

will pay a $230,000 penalty to settle alleged federal Clean Water Act violations at its fruit processing facility in Peach Glen, Adams County. It’s crucial for us to hold polluters like this accountable to protect our water,” said EPA Mid-Atlantic Regional Administrator Adam Ortiz. On December 14, the U.S.

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Acoel

OCTOBER 1, 2022

Posted on September 30, 2022 by Robin Kundis Craig. The Supreme Court is stepping once more into Clean Water Act “waters of the United States,” more popularly known as WOTUS. If you’re a Clean Water Act wonk, there may be a little voice in the back of your head yelling, “Theeeey’re baaack!”

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 5, 2022

Also visit the Keystone 10 Million Trees Partnership to learn how you can help clean water grow on trees. CBF has over 275,000 members in Bay Watershed.

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Vermont Law

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

Recently, a coalition of environmental groups brought suit against the EPA for their lack of Clean Water Act (CWA) oversight surrounding CAFOs. Vermont Law School cited numerous concerns with how ANR issued and enforced discharge permits to prevent water pollution. and Masters in Environmental Law and Policy.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 10, 2022

For a further account of his Refuse Act prosecution, see his autobiography, “ Where The Evidence Leads.” Posted: October 10, 2022] PA Environment Digest Dick Thornburgh was US Attorney in Pittsburgh, and later a two-term Governor of Pennsylvania and Attorney General of the United States. He died in 2020.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Environmental Protection Agency has granted a petition to begin the process of promulgating new water quality standards under Section 303(c)(4)(B) of the federal Clean Water Act for the Delaware River estuary. Accordingly, EPA is determining, pursuant to [Clean Water Act (CWA)] Section 303(c)(4)(B) and 40 CFR 131.22(b),

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Circle of Blue

JULY 26, 2022

For four months in the spring and summer of 2022, I documented the L.A. River and Angelenos who use the river as characters in the widening and complex story of climate change and how our access to clean water is at a critical and fragile crossroads. Heavily contaminated water samples collected from the L.A.

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Circle of Blue

MAY 31, 2022

The EPA intends to deny a Clean Water Act permit for a mine development in Alaska’s Bristol Bay watershed. Officials sign a Navajo-Utah water rights settlement. The EPA announces an interagency working group for water reuse. Navajo Water Rights Agreement Signed. The Rundown. By the Numbers.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

Incremental (step-by-step) approaches In 2022, the EPA published an Environmental Justice Legal Tools document and a Cumulative Impacts Addendum. However, since major US environmental laws are enacted to protect the air, water, and land separately (i.e. Overburdened communities cannot wait any longer.

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DECEMBER 6, 2023

for alleged violations of the federal Clean Water Act involving illegal discharges of plastics from their plastic manufacturing facility in Monaca, Beaver County. Our right as private citizens and citizen groups to directly enforce the federal Clean Water Act against violators is a critical tool we can use to achieve that goal.”

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 29, 2024

MAX conducts waste operations under permits issued by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection pursuant to the federal Clean Water Act and the Resource Conservation Recovery Act. The proposed regulation was published for comment in January 2022 when three virtual hearings were held. Read more here.

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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. That’s 99% of an enormous industry—retail sales of beef alone represented 143 billion dollars in 2022. came from animals confined in CAFOs.

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 6, 2023

The state permits provide the basis for the Clean Water Act 401 certification given to the project. The project is also required to secure a Section 401 Certification pursuant to the federal Clean Water Act from each of the states through which the project will pass.

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E2 Law Blog

JUNE 7, 2022

The Maryland Department of the Environment has for many years sought to meet its obligations under the Clean Water Act and the Chesapeake Bay Total Maximum Daily Load in part by imposing obligations on municipal separate storm sewers (MS4s) beyond the statutory minimum imposition of control to the “maximum extent practicable” or “MEP.”

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National Law Center

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

The post Ag and Food Law Daily Update: September 19, 2022 appeared first on National Agricultural Law Center. A comprehensive summary of today’s judicial, legislative, and regulatory developments in agriculture and food. Email important additions HERE. .

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Circle of Blue

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

Farms in Six Southeast Michigan Counties Are Major Sources of Lake Erie Toxic Blooms Water sampling finds no reduction in bloom-producing nutrients. September 13, 2022 . The 1972 Clean Water Act immunizes crop farmers from government regulations to control agricultural runoff. By Keith Schneider, Circle of Blue.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 4, 2023

By Reid Frazier The following article was first published by The Allegheny Front on October 3, 2023 -- Captain Evan Clark of Three Rivers Waterkeeper started trawling the shores of the Ohio River in Beaver County in September 2022 to monitor Shell’s newly opened ethane cracker for water pollution.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 12, 2022

Limiting Methane Emissions From Conventional Oil & Gas Facilities; And A First-Ever State MCL For PFOS/PFOA [PaEN] -- Guest Essay: Before The Federal Clean Water Act, There Was The Rivers And Harbors Act Of 1899 To Help Clean-Up Pittsburgh’s 3 Rivers - By James M.

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Environmental Law Prof Blog

APRIL 14, 2023

Earlier this week, a federal district court in North Dakota enjoined implementation of a major Clean Water Act rule. The rule, which EPA and the US Army Corps of Engineers jointly enacted late in 2022, would determine which aquatic features.

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 1, 2022

The [federal] Clean Water Act, passed in 1972, put in place regulations to limit pollution and water quality standards to begin the process of restoring waterways nationwide. DCNR also works with partners to name the River of the Year and support a network of Pennsylvania Water Trail Managers.

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Washington Nature

DECEMBER 20, 2022

For more information about the wide variety of work that the PUGET SOS Act will support now and into the future: Puget Sound Federal Task Force Action Plan (2022-2026) Puget Sound Partnership Action Agenda (2022-2026) Featured image: Photo: Orca breaching near the San Juan Islands. Credit: Walt Kochan/TNC

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