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EPA Issues Consent Order To Max Environmental Technologies For Clean Water Act Violations At Yukon, Westmoreland County Facility; Virtual Listening Session Set For Oct. 9

PA Environment Daily

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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The Ten Most Important U.S. Environmental Laws

Legal Planet

It is significant because if its huge public health benefits and because it has provided the basis for EPA regulation of greenhouse gases. Clean Water Act. This law has done a good job at cleaning up municipal and industrial water pollution. Endangered Species Act (ESA ). Inflation Reduction Act.

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Third Circuit Affirms Dismissal of Clean Water Act Citizen Suit On Inadequate Notice

MGKF Law

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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The Stream, January 6, 2022: Rain Forecasts Could Boost Brazil’s Electricity Sector

Circle of Blue

At present, the state has no binding regulations for the contaminants, though such standards could go into place as early as this spring. The environmental and community groups argue that in granting the permit, West Virginia’s environmental agency violated the Clean Water Act.

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The Stream, January 26, 2022: U.S. Supreme Court Will Consider Limiting Wetlands Legislation

Circle of Blue

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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Three Rivers Waterkeeper Calls For Stronger Environmental Oversight Of U.S. Steel Irvin Plant Discharges Into Monongahela River In Allegheny County

PA Environment Daily

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.

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Why Congress Should Pass the A. Donald McEachin Environmental Justice for All Act

Union of Concerned Scientists

I had a small glimpse into this work in early 2022 when his office reached out to me after reading a report I co-authored on the risk of chemical spills from storage tanks in Virginia. Among its provisions, the legislation will: Require consideration of cumulative impacts in permitting decisions under the Clean Air Act and Clean Water Act.