PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

On September 19, the Department of Environmental Protection announced it is ramping up monitoring and plans to develop a surface water standard for PFAS 'forever chemicals' after a DEP/U.S. The MCLs are effective immediately but most systems will conduct initial monitoring in 2024 and 2025.

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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

JULY 18, 2024

The projects include replacing lead or other corrosive pipes, rehabilitating aging systems, upgrading service capabilities, extending service to more communities, and reducing environmental contaminants through compliance with current regulatory levels and agricultural Best Management Practices (BMP's).

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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. On April 18, the U.S. Read more here.]

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National Law Center

MARCH 17, 2025

By Drew Viguet National Agricultural Law Center U of A System Division of Agriculture March 17, 2025 Fast facts: Conference session.

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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. The deadline for expressions of interest is October 11.

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 17, 2023

Environmental Protection Agency visited four this spring to assess any potential for water quality problems locally or for the Chesapeake Bay. 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.

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

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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. CBP is the Chesapeake Bay Program, and the U.S.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 28, 2021

“We appreciate the work of our partner jurisdictions and local communities as they take actions to reduce pollution to local waters and the Bay," said Diana Esher, Acting Regional Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, Mid-Atlantic Region. Click Here for the complete announcement.

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Circle of Blue

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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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 23, 2025

PennVEST funding for water improvement projects originates from a combination of state funds approved by voters, Environmental Stewardship [Growing Greener] funds, Marcellus Legacy funds, the [federal] Infrastructure Investment & Jobs Act, federal grant awards to PennVEST from the U.S. Schweyer Secure More Than $11.7

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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

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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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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Vermont Law

DECEMBER 24, 2024

To address this problem, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has finalized a suite of important regulations. In April of 2024, the EPA introduced new Maximum Contaminant Levels (MCLs) for PFAS in drinking water, signaling a critical regulatory shift.

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Circle of Blue

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

The federal Clean Water Act includes specific provisions to limit pollution from such “point sources” of contamination. Environmental Protection Agency approved $1.7 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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Circle of Blue

MARCH 17, 2025

On March 12 Lee Zeldin, the administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, announced his intent to trim the reach or eliminate 31 measures that have served to substantially improve the condition of the nations environment. A number of actions directly affect water quality and supply.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 12, 2025

On March 12, the US Environmental Protection Agency announced sweeping plans to reconsider more than 31 major environmental regulations and programs, including pulling back regulations reducing methane emissions and regulating production wastewater from oil and gas operations.

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Circle of Blue

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

How is it possible that legislation billed as an environmental protection statute ends up as a primary threat to clean water and communities? 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.

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Circle of Blue

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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Vermont Law

DECEMBER 24, 2024

Officially, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) defines a CAFO as an animal feeding operation where a specific number of animals are kept indoors for at least 45 days a year and crops are not sustained during growing seasons. Biogas is also incredibly harmful but is often overlooked due to its non-obvious nature.

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Circle of Blue

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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Circle of Blue

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

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

The Administration also announced a 65 percent cut to the Environmental Protection Agencys budget. Since the first Chesapeake Bay Agreement in 1983, the federal government has worked with states to reduce pollution to the Chesapeake Bay, with the EPA acting as lead federal partner.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 14, 2025

Environmental Protection Agency released a draft risk assessment, or scientific evaluation of the potential human health risks associated with the presence of toxic per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) chemicals in biosolids , also known as sewage sludge. Upcoming Event: -- Penn State Extension Ag Water Webinar Series: Feb.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 26, 2025

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Staff have been threatened and fired , with targeted cuts to the agencys environmental justice office, federal spending was frozen , and EPA Administrator Zeldin announced a massive deregulatory plan to undertake 31 actions to weaken key environmental protections. 1415 and S.

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Smith Enviorment

FEBRUARY 23, 2025

February 23, 2025. Two approaches to limiting the release of 1,4 dioxane to North Carolina drinking water sources have been blocked in the last two years. A few weeks ago, water quality monitoring found that levels of 1,4 dioxane released by the City of Asheboro had increased exponentially since modification of the permit.

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Circle of Blue

MARCH 6, 2023

By the Numbers $2 Billion : Infrastructure law funding made available to small, rural, and disadvantaged communities to remove emerging contaminants from drinking water. Environmental Protection Agency ordered water utilities to report on their plans to prevent hackers from disrupting their operations.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) stepped into action, working with state agencies to conduct air , water , and soil sampling throughout the community. in 2025, one of which was due to a train derailment in Oregon. The are several other settlements pending legal actions brought forward by impacted residents.

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Nanotech

MARCH 28, 2025

On January 21, 2025, the U.S.

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Arnold Porter

AUGUST 26, 2021

This includes emerging contaminants as well as substances identified by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA or the Agency) under the 2016 amendments to the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) for prioritization, risk evaluation, or regulation. The House bill ( H.R. N: 620 Groundwater Quality , Ill. EPA (last visited Aug.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 13, 2025

Yesterday, EPA also unveiled plans to rewrite the definition of wetlands and other waters protected by the Clean Water Act. This could exclude more wetlands from federal protection, leaving them vulnerable to destruction.

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Law Columbia

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) orders granting three petitions for extensions of small refinery exemptions from renewable fuel standards. Four environmental organizations filed a lawsuit in the federal district court for the District of Columbia challenging the U.S. Chao , No. 1:19-cv-02826 (D.D.C.).

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ESA

MARCH 14, 2022

Lawmakers give the Environmental Protection Agency a 3.5% Jared Huffman (D-CA), sent a letter to EPA Administrator Michael Regan, expressing their disappointment in the EPA’s January 2022 announcement to restart the Clean Water Act review process for protecting Bristol Bay, Alaska. increase to $3.26

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Arnold Porter

JUNE 2, 2021

This includes emerging contaminants as well as substances identified by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA or the Agency) under the 2016 amendments to the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) for prioritization, risk evaluation, or regulation. 14560 (Mar. 17, 2021).]]

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 19, 2025

On March 18, a bipartisan group of 51 former US Environmental Protection Agency officials sent a letter to Congress highlighting the risks associated with deep cuts to the agency. The letter emphasizes that reducing EPA's capabilities jeopardizes decades of progress in maintaining air and water quality.

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