Circle of Blue

MARCH 6, 2023

March 7, 2023 Fresh is a biweekly newsletter from Circle of Blue that unpacks the biggest international, state, and local policy news stories facing the Great Lakes region today. PIRG Education Fund, assigned letter grades to states based on their policies to limit lead contamination in school drinking water.

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Smith Enviorment

DECEMBER 14, 2023

December 14, 2023. General Assembly returned to a very aggressive effort to influence environmental rules in 2023. The annual Appropriations Act (House Bill 259), the N.C. 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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Circle of Blue

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

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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Smith Enviorment

OCTOBER 30, 2023

October 30, 2023. Supreme Court decision reducing federal Clean Water Act (CWA) jurisdiction over streams and wetlands. See State Law: Removing Wetlands from “Waters of the State”.) Farm Act (Senate Bill 582/ Session Law 2023-63). Most of those streams ultimately flow into permanent water bodies.

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Smith Enviorment

JUNE 7, 2023

June 7, 2023 — In an unfortunate sequence of events, the U.S. Supreme Court has issued a decision significantly limiting federal Clean Water Act regulation of wetlands just as the N.C. General Assembly has been moving legislation to limit state water quality protection for wetlands.

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Circle of Blue

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

The EPA Administrator discusses farm issues with state agricultural regulators. And lastly, foreign affairs agencies will update their global water strategy. .” – Wayne Pullan, regional director for the Bureau of Reclamation Upper Colorado Basin. The Rundown. By the Numbers. 86,000 Metric Tons : Amount of used nuclear fuel from U.S.

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SPR Law

MARCH 13, 2023

On January 18, 2023, the EPA and Army Corps of Engineers (Army Corps) published a new final rule revising the definition of “waters of the United States” (the Rule) found in regulations implementing the Clean Water Act (CWA or the Act).

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Acoel

MARCH 28, 2023

Posted on March 28, 2023 by Jeff Porter Inside EPA is reporting that the United States Forest Service is going to work with EPA to obtain National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit coverage under the Federal Clean Water Act authorizing it to continue fighting forest fires from the air.

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E2 Law Blog

JUNE 29, 2023

May 25, 2023). The president promptly expressed both disappointment and concern that the government could no longer assure protection of wetlands, and therefore surface water quality. Click here to read the full article, published by The Legal Intelligencer June 29, 2023. Environmental Protection Agency , No. 21-454 (U.S.

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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 obtained its federal Natural Gas Act certificate of public convenience and necessity from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on January 11, 2023. Posted: June 6, 2023] PA Environment Digest

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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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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

There will also be a full day MS-4 track for municipal staff and consultants charged with implementing stormwater regulations. Related Article: -- Registration Now Open For Lehigh Valley Watershed Conference With Events On March 12, 13, Main Conference March 14 At Lehigh University [Posted: February 21, 2023] PA Environment Digest

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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. billion dollars in 2023, and eggs brought in about 17.9 billion dollars in 2023. came from animals confined in CAFOs. CAFOs are huge. Then, the D.C.

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The Energy Law Blog

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

On October 18, 2023, the EPA published a Supplemental Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“SNPR”) regarding incidental discharges from vessels, proposing national performance standards under the Vessel Incidental Discharge Act (“VIDA”). Coast Guard (“USCG”) to develop corresponding regulations to enforce compliance with the EPA’s standards.

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The Energy Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

On September 8, 2023, EPA and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers published a final rule narrowing the scope of “waters of the United States” (WOTUS) under the Clean Water Act (CWA) such that certain wetlands are removed from federal jurisdiction. The final rule revises the agency regulations in light of the U.S.

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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. “The Read more here.

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Ohio Environmental Law

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

On August 29, 2023, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) and the Army Corps of Engineers (ACOE) issued a direct final rule without public comment amending the definition of the “Waters of the United States” (WOTUS) which governs the scope of federal jurisdiction under the Clean Water Act (CWA).

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Ohio Environmental Law

MARCH 3, 2024

Back on August 29, 2023, U.S. EPA issued the rule to conform its regulations to the ruling of the U.S. EPA which significantly reduced the number of wetlands that are federally protected under the Clean Water Act (CWA). Supreme Court in Sackett v.

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Acoel

AUGUST 3, 2023

Posted on August 3, 2023 by Seth Jaffe Earlier this week, the 9 th Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed EPA’s NPDES permit issued to San Francisco’s Oceanside sewer system. San Francisco had challenged the permit on the ground that EPA does not have authority to impose narrative prohibitions related to compliance with water quality criteria.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 31, 2023

These systems and plans are used in service of the [federal and state] Safe Drinking Water Act. The [federal] Clean Water Act, which regulates pollution into U.S. waters, also has provisions to protect water from contamination. What can we learn from this event? What worked and what did not?

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Acoel

APRIL 13, 2023

Posted on April 13, 2023 by Ridge Hall What can a frustrated state legislator do when the agency implementing the Clean Water Act fails to renew expired permits or sanction major violators? Legislation recently adopted by Maryland provides some innovative answers. Here’s the problem.

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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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Ohio Environmental Law

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

On August 29, 2023, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) and the Army Corps of Engineers (ACOE) issued a direct final rule without public comment amending the definition of the “Waters of the United States” (WOTUS) which governs the scope of federal jurisdiction under the Clean Water Act (CWA).

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

In an April 2023 DEP determination of whether natural gas drilling contaminated a Washington County family’s water well, DEP said the “widespread presence of PFAS” forever chemicals in fresh water may have led to “inadvertently” using contaminated water to frack a shale gas well. Impoundments have since been removed.)

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The Energy Law Blog

JANUARY 2, 2024

On December 18, 2023, the U.S. EPA decision redefining waters of the United States (“WOTUS”) to end a ten-year conflict between the U.S. Army Corp of Engineers (“USACE”) and a Louisiana landowner over the agency’s Clean Water Act (“CWA”) jurisdiction over the subject property. Supreme Court’s Sackett v.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 18, 2023

You’ll also get notice of new technical guidance documents and regulations. .: DEP issued a Chapter 102 permit for a project impacting Clearfield Creek in Bigler Twp., Clearfield County. ( Greene County. ( This is the only way you can get notified of when oil and gas-related permits are submitted to DEP.

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Circle of Blue

MAY 16, 2023

May 16, 2023 Fresh is a biweekly newsletter from Circle of Blue that unpacks the biggest international, state, and local policy news stories facing the Great Lakes region today. million homes over the next decade in Ontario, also changes environmental protections and regulations required for development plans. Find all the work here.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 15, 2023

On January 14, the Environmental Quality Board published final regulations to protect Pennsylvanians’ drinking water from PFAS chemicals by setting new limits on two forms of per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) and the first drinking water maximum contaminant level developed by the DEP.

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Ohio Environmental Law

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

Toxic Substances Control Act section 7 imminently hazardous chemical. EPA says it is targeting finalizing the rule in the Summer of 2023. Parties will have until November 7, 2022 to comment on the proposed rulemaking. It is anticipated EPA will receive a very large volume of comments on the proposed rule.

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Legal Planet

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

EPA , the Supreme Court used the “major question doctrine” to overturn Obama’s signature climate change regulation. 2023), vacated as moot, 70 F. NRC , 2023 WL 5498874 (5 th Cir. Applying Clean Water Act to shrimp trawlers’ dumping of bycatch back in the ocean. In West Virginia v. Biden , 67 F.4

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Greenbuilding Law

APRIL 25, 2021

Maryland has been described as having more pages of environmental statutes and regulations on a per capita basis than any other state. To help achieve these goals, the bill alters and directs additional resources to a number of existing programs and initiatives, including by way of example, in fiscal 2023, $2.5 Stormwater Management.

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 17, 2023

But that and other farm-related regulations were often unenforced. For decades, basically, we just sort of ignored that they were there,” said Matt Ehrhart, former executive director of the Chesapeake Bay Foundation’s Pennsylvania Office and now director of watershed restoration with the Stroud Water Research Center.

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Circle of Blue

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

Farms collectively are the largest source of nitrate pollution in rivers and groundwater, and the penalty for contaminated water — meaning stricter and more costly standards in order to protect public health — is paid by the people who drink it. It comes at a time when the U.S. A Standard Under Scrutiny. Now there are new worries.

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Circle of Blue

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

9 Percent : Share of polluters that did not meet their Clean Water Act discharge permit this year, according to the EPA. About 46,000 facilities are regulated under such permits. The office already plans to collect this demographic information next year for LIHWAP, the water bill program. By the Numbers.

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Ocean Conservancy

JANUARY 18, 2023

Knowing the wide-ranging impacts of pollution on our ocean, I’m reassured by the existence of the Clean Water Act (CWA) – the legal framework for preserving and restoring “waters of the United States”. Opening oral arguments for the case were heard last October, and a decision from the court is expected in early 2023.

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Acoel

JANUARY 12, 2023

Posted on January 12, 2023 by Chester Babst. The definition of “waters of the United States” (WOTUS) determines federal jurisdiction under the Clean Water Act (CWA). President Biden’s new definition directly quotes and codifies these tests as regulations that may be relied upon to support a WOTUS determination.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 17, 2024

On October 31, 2023 at 2:00 pm (CT) Diane will lead a global hunger strike against Formosa Plastics, her fourth hunger strike. On October 31, 2023 at 2:00 pm (CT) Diane will lead a global hunger strike against Formosa Plastics, her fourth hunger strike. billion complex in St. She hopes to bring justice to the Vietnamese fisherman.

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