PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

This will help DEP track where PFAS chemicals may be entering Pennsylvania’s rivers and streams through wastewater treatment plant discharges, which may include wastewater discharges from industrial entities known or suspected to discharge PFAS in their waste streams. [In

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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. An existing water quality rule, 15A NCAC 2H.0208, The previous post addressed the human health risks associated with 1,4 dioxane.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 12, 2022

Krishnan Ramamurthy, Deputy Secretary for Waste, Air, Radiation, and Remediation, said the need to gather information on the previously largely unregulated conventional oil and gas industry air emissions and changing EPA handling of the oil and gas requirement over time, caused much of the delay.

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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. 1 Webinar, 8 In-Person Stakeholder Sessions Beginning Oct. 17, 20 -- Warren Times: Drug Take Back Day Set For Oct.

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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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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 principal reason farmers won’t is because they don’t have to.

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Circle of Blue

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.” But biodigesters don’t reduce the volume of waste.

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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

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

APRIL 6, 2025

Of Agriculture Expands Spotted Lanternfly Quarantine Area To Bradford, Sullivan, Venango, Wyoming Counties [PaEN] -- The Nature Conservancy - PA/DE Adds 509 Acres To Protected Land Along Susquehanna River Water Gaps In Dauphin County [PaEN] -- MCall: Lower Macungie Twp.

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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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Enviromental Defense

JANUARY 20, 2023

by Zachary Haslick History of Lake Erie pollution In the 1960s, Lake Erie suffered from extreme pollution due to industrial waste and sewage runoff, and parts of the lake were declared dead. The water quality was so bad that there were incidents where tributary rivers that empty into Lake Erie caught fire.

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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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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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Circle of Blue

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

China requires its large livestock operations to treat manure, in some cases with engineered wastewater treatment plants, before spreading livestock wastes on farmland. The federal Clean Water Act includes specific provisions to limit pollution from such “point sources” of contamination. The cost of the project: $200,000.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 17, 2024

The company first attracted global attention when it was caught dumping 3,000 tons of toxic mercury-laden waste in Sihanoukville, Cambodia, that originated at a PVC plant in Kaohsiung, Taiwan. It manufactures plastics, and is one of the world’s largest manufacturers of polyvinyl chloride (PVC). billion complex in St. James Parish, Louisiana.

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Circle of Blue

MARCH 6, 2025

million tonnes of uncovered lead waste in dumps, much of which seeps into surface and groundwater sources. aims to purify 10 million gallons of water each day. The post The Stream, March 6, 2025: Clean Water Act Weakened Again by U.S. The plant, the first of its kind in the U.S.,

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Vermont Law

DECEMBER 24, 2024

In 2017, several groups filed suit against the EPA for promulgating a rule to exempt CAFOs emissions from reporting requirements under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) and the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA).

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Vermont Law

DECEMBER 24, 2024

CERCLA dictated requirements for closed and abandoned hazardous waste sites, including providing for the liability of people responsible for the hazardous waste and establishing a fund for cleanup if there was no identifiable responsible party. Navy stemming from a toxic waste and ammunition disposal site.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

The federal governments role in Chesapeake Bay restoration is a statutory requirement, as enshrined in section 117(g) of the federal Clean Water Act. We cannot allow a healthy Chesapeake Bay to be a casualty of misguided efforts to root out waste. The Chesapeake Bay is not a waste.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 26, 2025

laws, including: the Clean Air Act; the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) also known as Superfund; the Clean Water Act; the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA); the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA); and the Safe Water Drinking Act.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

Eventually, the company agreed to a $310 million settlement with the federal government for Clean Water Act violations and to cover the costs of a cleanup and water and health monitoring programs in the community. EPA employees, including those that oversee hazardous waste cleanup, are being pushed out of the agency.

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ESA

MARCH 14, 2022

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. under the Clean Water Act to the pre-2015 standard.

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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. These facilities released or otherwise managed more than 700,000 pounds of production-related PFAS waste during 2020.

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Arnold Porter

JUNE 2, 2021

Stakeholders will want to pay particular attention to the next Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Rule (UCMR) and Contaminant Candidate List (CCL), both of which play a role in which drinking water contaminants EPA will consider for NPDWRs. In addition, EPA requested nominations for the next CCL in 2018 but has not published the final.

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Acoel

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

Posted on February 4, 2025 by Jim Blackburn Today in the United States, there is no federal comprehensive statute addressing climate change. With the Trump Administration now in power, it is doubtful that any such statute will be forthcoming anytime soon.

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Circle of Blue

MARCH 11, 2025

Christian Thorsberg, Interim Stream Editor Fresh: From the Great Lakes Region Septage Dispute: Septage, a biosolid waste from septic tanks thats not to be confused with sewage sludge, has long been used by farmers as a fertilizer, Interlochen Public Radio reports. This Weeks Top Water Stories, Told In Numbers $2.5

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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 Managing PFAS in waste. N:News Release, EPA, EPA Administrator Regan Establishes New Council on PFAS (Apr. 14560 (Mar.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 3, 2025

Yaws Bill To Prohibit Bans Of Any Energy Sources Correct -- York Daily Record: Environmental Group Suit Alleges Brunner Island Power Plant Failed To Adhere To Coal Ash Regulations -- PennLive: Environmental Group Sues Brunner Island Power Plant Owner Over Toxic Waste Pollution -- York Daily Record: Federal Judge Finds Modern Landfill Violated Clean (..)

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Acoel

JANUARY 21, 2025

Posted on January 21, 2025 by Michael B. 404, Rivers and Harbors Act Sec. 10, and Marine Protection Research and Sanctuaries Act Sec. Gerrard On the evening of the second inauguration of President Trump, the White House released a flurry of executive orders on a wide range of subjects.

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