PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 3, 2024

Historically, due to abandoned mine drainage and other industrial pollution, many streams in the area were considered dead and could not support life due to their poor water quality. However, after a series of environmental protections starting with the Clean Water Act of 1972 and, of course, time, these streams have bounced back.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 18, 2022

million pounds of nitrogen and 95,000 pounds of phosphorus by 2025 related to climate change conditions as expected by the Principals’ Staff Committee.” Pennsylvania’s draft amended Phase III Watershed Implementation Plan (WIP) meets 70 percent of its nitrogen reduction target – 9.7

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 12, 2022

[Check DEP’s 2022 Water Quality Report to find out how clean streams are near you.] Related Articles: -- Chesapeake Bay Executive Council Elects EPA Administrator As Chair, Starts Discussion On Steps Needed For States To Get Closer To Meeting 2025 Pollution Reduction Milestones [PaEN] -- DEP Begins Accepting Applications For $103.4

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 12, 2022

Seif, Former EPA Region III Administrator, Secretary of DEP [PaEN] [Posted: October 12, 2022] PA Environment Digest

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

formal notice ) DEP also gave notice it is extending the existing permit for 24 months to March 15, 2025. The deadline for expressions of interest is October 11. The Department is extending the availability of this permit to adequately address issues related to the renewal of PAG-13.

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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

JULY 17, 2023

Most states in the Chesapeake region will miss their 2025 goals for reducing nutrient pollution, which is the main cause of the Bay’s water quality woes. The hope was to have all necessary actions in place by 2025 to meet those goals. The majority of it comes from excess manure and fertilizer on farmland. million pounds to 73.5

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JANUARY 30, 2019

Governor Roy Cooper issued an executive order on climate change and clean energy. Executive Order 80 supports the 2015 Paris Agreement and sets several goals for the state to meet by 2025: Reduce state greenhouse gas emissions by 40% from 2005 levels. Increase the number of zero-emission vehicles in the state to 80,000.

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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

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Because Pennsylvania will miss a 2025 deadline for Chesapeake Bay improvements, the EPA will continue stricter oversight of the state’s polluters. The DHHS office that oversees water and energy bill assistance will collect demographic data on grant recipients. The Rundown. By the Numbers.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 28, 2021

Through the Chesapeake Bay Watershed Agreement, the Chesapeake Bay Program has committed to having in place 100 percent of the conservation practices that would achieve all of the nitrogen, phosphorus and sediment reductions necessary to meet the goals outlined in the Bay TMDL by 2025. Click Here for the complete announcement.

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DECEMBER 5, 2022

The EPA proposes increasing the amount of biofuels in the nation’s energy supply through 2025. The Justice Department proposes an independent operator for the Jackson, Mississippi , water system. Environmental Protection Agency will set water quality standards, a requirement under the federal Clean Water Act.

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Acoel

JUNE 25, 2024

Of course it would be best if Congress and the President addressed that challenge head on, as it would be best if they addressed this Supreme Court’s view of the current reach of the Federal Clean Water Act.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

Falk’s rise to national conservation leadership also included serving as NWF’s Regional Executive Director for the Mid-Atlantic and Director of the Choose Clean Water Coalition , creating a coalition of more than 200 advocacy organizations working together to protect and restore the Chesapeake Bay. But it is not certain,” Falk said. “I

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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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Corp Watch

JANUARY 17, 2024

USA: Stop the Formosa Plastics Plant Coalition Against Death Alley | 2021 As part of the fossil fuel industry’s push to increase North American plastic production by 35 percent by 2025(1), Formosa Plastics is planning to build a massive petrochemical industrial complex in St. James Parish, Louisiana.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 12, 2022

Seif, Former EPA Region III Administrator, Secretary of DEP [PaEN] [Posted: October 12, 2022] PA Environment Digest

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

The authority to do so is embedded in the federal 1972 Clean Water Act, which defined large livestock and poultry farms as “point sources” of water pollution that require permits to discharge their wastes. . The process for achieving that goal is called a TMDL – total maximum daily load.

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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.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 24, 2021

With the 2025 deadline to achieve the Clean Water Blueprint looming, opportunities exist and success rests with the state and federal levels doing their parts. The federal Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) said it would impose consequences if plans or implementation were insufficient.

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DECEMBER 27, 2021

Inspectors general for the Defense Department and EPA will investigate water contamination from an Oahu naval base. The Justice Department announced a settlement with a southeastern Pennsylvania water authority over sewage spills that violated the Clean Water Act. Oahu Water Contamination. News Briefs.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 8, 2022

12 EQB Agenda [PaEN] -- Bay Journal: With 2025 Chesapeake Bay Cleanup Goal Out Of Reach, Region Plans For What's Next At Oct. Limiting Methane Emissions From Conventional Oil & Gas Facilities To Oct. 15 In Pittsburgh -- Reminder: Bucknell University River Symposium Abstracts Due Oct.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 18, 2022

Rugh & Sylvia Henderson Partnered With Lebanon Valley Conservancy To Protect Historic Farm [PaEN] -- French & Pickering Creeks Conservation Trust Preserves 4.45 23-24: Save The Date, Sponsorship Opportunities Visit the PA Environment Digest website to learn more.

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

The federal Clean Water Act includes specific provisions to limit pollution from such “point sources” of contamination. The cost share could be the same as the early Clean Water Act support to curb point source pollution from municipal wastewater treatment plants.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 29, 2024

Of Agriculture Announces 2025 PA Farm Show Theme - Powering Pennsylvania Public Participation -- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices, Opportunities To Comment - September 28 [PaEN] -- The Energy Age Blog: Range Resources Applies For More Shale Gas Wells In Cecil Twp., 7 [PaEN] -- Capital RC&D Hosts Oct.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 5, 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.”

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 29, 2024

Of Agriculture Announces 2025 PA Farm Show Theme - Powering Pennsylvania -- Audubon Society Of Western PA, Buffalo Creek Coalition, Penn State Extension Host Oct. 18 Winter Feeding Pasture Walk In Newville, Cumberland County [PaEN] -- Dept.

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FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Agricultural nutrient pollution is the primary reason that the Clean Water Act has not come close to meeting its “fishable and swimmable” goal for US surface waters. farmland as “the single greatest challenge to our nation’s water quality.”

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Circle of Blue

APRIL 17, 2023

The Rundown A BLM proposal puts land and water conservation on the same level as mining and grazing. The Interior Department outlines options for Colorado River water supply cuts. A federal judge blocks the Biden administration’s Clean Water Act definition in 24 states.

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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. You can think of chloride as a permanent pollutant in the water,” said Christe Alwin of the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy.

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Arnold Porter

AUGUST 26, 2021

The bill also would establish a grant program under the Safe Drinking Water Act for assistance to community water systems affected by PFAS to pay for capital costs associated with treatment technologies. Maryland Enacted 2025 Ban on Cosmetic Products Containing Certain PFAS and Other Chemicals. The House bill ( H.R.

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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. A Weakened National Imperative. Both the bi-national agreement and the U.S.

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Law Columbia

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

Army Corps of Engineers’ issue of a Section 404 permit under the Clean Water Act for a new petrochemical plant on the Mississippi River in Louisiana. Four environmental organizations filed a lawsuit in the federal district court for the District of Columbia challenging the U.S.

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MARCH 6, 2023

The bill takes aim at Section 401 of the Clean Water Act, which has been a source of conflict in recent years over permitting fossil fuel projects. Under the proposal, the EPA would have a deadline of August 31, 2025 to finalize the standards. Studies and Reports Colorado River Reservoir Correction?

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 9, 2022

11 Executive Council Meeting - By Karl Blankenship, Chesapeake Bay Journal [PaEN] -- DEP Awards $3 Million To Restore Watersheds Statewide By Reducing Water Pollution [PaEN] -- Lancaster County Community Foundation Announce More Than $100,000 In Lancaster Clean Water Fund Grants [PaEN] -- LancasterOnline - P.J.

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ESA

OCTOBER 11, 2022

EPA, Ruling Could Impact the Definition of “Waters of the U.S.”. ESA and other scientific societies file brief arguing that the interpretation of the Clean Water Act is inherently founded on science. EPA determines that most Chesapeake Bay watershed states are not on track to meet 2025 pollution reduction commitments.

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Arnold Porter

JUNE 2, 2021

Regan announced on April 27, 2021 that he had established an EPA Council on PFAS (ECP) comprising senior EPA career officials to develop a multi-year strategy for 2021 through 2025 to address PFAS.[[N:News N:News Release, EPA, EPA Administrator Regan Establishes New Council on PFAS (Apr. 14560 (Mar. 17, 2021).]]

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