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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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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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). Environmental Protection Agency sets the public adverse health effect thresholds for PFOS at 0.02

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Circle of Blue

JUNE 7, 2021

In context: Federal Aid for Overdue Water Bills Is Slow to Arrive. Environmental Protection Agency determined that a proposed copper-nickel mine in northern Minnesota “may affect” downstream waters of the Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa and of Wisconsin. government water policy. Studies and Reports.

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National Law Center

OCTOBER 27, 2022

In October 2022, a coalition of environmental groups filed a lawsuit asking the Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) to formally respond to. The post Enviro Groups Ask EPA to Revisit CWA CAFO Rules appeared first on National Agricultural Law Center.

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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. EPA Proposes Protection for Salmon-Rich Bristol Bay. The Rundown. By the Numbers.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 29, 2024

On April 29, Max Environmental Technologies, Inc. Environmental Protection Agency announced. According to EPA, this site is an area with potential environmental justice concerns. According to EPA, this site is an area with potential environmental justice concerns. Read more here. Status of rulemaking.

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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. Environmental Protection Agency.

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National Law Center

JANUARY 5, 2023

On December 30, 2022, the Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) released its long-awaited rule to redefine the definition of “waters of the. The post WOTUS Update: EPA Releases Highly Anticipated Final Rule to Redefine “Waters of the United States” appeared first on National Agricultural Law Center.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 1, 2022

On December 1, a coalition of environmental groups announced the U.S. 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.

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PA Environment Daily

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

OCTOBER 12, 2022

The Department of Environmental Protection will begin accepting applications for abandoned mine reclamation and mine drainage treatment project grants on October 24. Seif, Former EPA Region III Administrator, Secretary of DEP [PaEN] [Posted: October 12, 2022] PA Environment Digest The deadline for applications is January 13.

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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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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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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 6, 2023

The Department of Environmental Protection will hold two separate hearings at the same location on April 24 on water quality permits for two warehouse projects in Monroe County. which qualify for special protections under the federal Clean Water Act.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

The Conservation Voters of Pennsylvania, Clean Air Action Fund, Clean Water Action, National Wildlife Federation Action Fund and PennEnvironment all endorsed Shapiro. “We

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National Law Center

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

In January 2022, the United States Supreme Court announced that it would once again hear arguments in the long-running case of. The post Treading Water: WOTUS Once Again Before Supreme Court appeared first on National Agricultural Law Center.

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 18, 2024

billion dollars in clean water infrastructure in Pennsylvanian communities. million in total funding awards for water, wastewater, stormwater, and nonpoint source projects. In fiscal year 2022-2023, the PennVEST Board awarded $956.4 PennVEST has surpassed its 36th year and has invested over $12.2

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Environmental News Bits

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

On December 30, 2022, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Read the full story in Environment + Energy Leader. See also coverage at Agri-Pulse.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 18, 2022

Environmental Protection Agency announced its evaluation of Pennsylvania’s updated plan to address pollution reduction goals in its portion of the Chesapeake Bay watershed found the plan falls short of meeting those goals largely due to the lack of resources provided by the state. How Clean Is Your Stream? On April 18, the U.S.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 12, 2022

Environmental Protection Agency to adopt controls on methane emissions from oil and gas operations by December 16 or face the potential loss of $500 million or more in federal highway funds. Environmental Protection Agency. DEP estimates it will cost the conventional natural gas industry approximately $9.8 Read more here.

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Smith Enviorment

FEBRUARY 23, 2025

The “narrative standard” establishes the equations to be used in calculating the concentration of a toxic water pollutant that would protect human health; an EMC rule setting the water quality standard for an individual toxic pollutant reflects the number that results from those same equations.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 19, 2022

through a grant from the Department of Environmental Protection under Section 319 of the Clean Water Act, administered by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Posted: August 19, 2022] PA Environment Digest

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Penn State research released in October 2022 found PFAS chemicals typically persist through public wastewater treatment systems at levels that may impact the long-term feasibility of beneficial reuse of treated wastewater. Note: The Department of Environmental Protection does not comment on matters in litigation.]

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 12, 2022

On January 12, West Penn Power of Greensburg will pay a $610,000 penalty under a settlement to resolve water discharge violations at two coal ash impoundment landfills in southwestern Pennsylvania, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Department of Environmental Protection announced.

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 17, 2022

The Department of Environmental Protection published notice in the June 18 PA Bulletin inviting comments on a proposed Advance Restoration Plan for Trout Run Watershed in Erie County. ( Funding is proposed to be sought under Section 319 of the Clean Water Act among other sources.

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 28, 2023

Conventional Well Bonding In response to a rulemaking petition submitted by the Sierra Club and other groups in September of 2021, DEP reported to the EQB it 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. Geological Survey and the U.S.

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Acoel

AUGUST 11, 2022

Posted on August 11, 2022 by Tommy Lavender. Dakota Finance LLC decision from the Fourth Circuit, the Court concluded in a split decision that a South Carolina enforcement action was insufficient to preclude a citizens suit commenced pursuant to Clean Water Act § 505(a)(1), notwithstanding the provisions of Clean Water Act § 309(g)(6)(A)(ii).

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 11, 2022

Environmental Protection Agency released its evaluations of how the seven jurisdictions in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed did in meeting the 2020-21 and 2022-2023 cleanup milestones. Fifty years ago this month, the Clean Water Act was established to guarantee fishable and swimmable waterways for the American people.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 12, 2022

The selected CIG projects in Pennsylvania for fiscal year 2022 include: -- Water Science Institute $75,000, Legacy Sediment 3.0: The selected CIG projects in Pennsylvania for fiscal year 2022 include: -- Water Science Institute $75,000, Legacy Sediment 3.0:

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

The Department of Environmental Protection has issued an invitation to stakeholders to participate in a workgroup considering changes to the NPDES General Permit for Stormwater Discharges from Small Municipal Separate Storm Sewer Systems (MS4) - PAG-13. Posted: September 23, 2022] PA Environment Digest

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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

OCTOBER 2, 2023

The legislation would also authorize municipalities to adopt regulations applicable to riparian buffers and would provide additional powers and duties to the Department of Environmental Protection for the enforcement of related regulations, if municipalities do not act.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

We must be intentional and committed to our Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Justice (DEIJ) efforts in the Watershed, and digging deeper with attendees during the 2022 CDRW Forum Environmental Justice Plenary was truly encouraging.” “The Environmental Protection Agency. Posted: November 14, 2022] PA Environment Digest

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 20, 2022

Under the partnership, East Lampeter Township has executed a forward-looking and cost-effective contract that improves local water quality while addressing Federal and state mandates under the Clean Water Act. For more information on this program, visit the Lancaster Revolving Water Fund website.

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Circle of Blue

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

September 8, 2022 . TOLEDO — Just as Great Lakes scientists anticipated, the first blue-green swirls of a mammoth toxic algae bloom surfaced in mid-July in the nearshore waters of Lake Erie, between Monroe, Michigan, and this Ohio port city of 275,000. Clean Water Act, a pivotal piece of American environmental law.

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Circle of Blue

OCTOBER 3, 2022

Supreme Court begins its October term today with a wetlands lawsuit that could redefine the Clean Water Act. Tribes tell the Bureau of Reclamation to prioritize long-term infrastructure solutions for the $4 billion in Inflation Reduction Act funds for western drought response. government water policy. The Rundown.

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