Clean Air Act Clean Water Act Endangered Species Act 
Legal Planet
JUNE 27, 2024
Clean Air Act. Clean Water Act. This law has done a good job at cleaning up municipal and industrial water pollution. Endangered Species Act (ESA ). This law, signed on the first day of 1970, requires agencies to disclose the environmental effects of their actions.
Law and Environment
NOVEMBER 30, 2022
The Clean Water Act – It’s routine for EPA to take more than 10 years to act on NPDES permit renewals. The Clean Air Act – The Supreme Court has ruled that it does not provide authority for EPA to address the defining issue of our time. They created a pathway towards cleaning our air, water, and land.
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Environmental Science
SEPTEMBER 7, 2018
National Emissions Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP) : A set of EPA standards on air pollutant emissions of chemicals that could cause serious permanent harm to wildlife or people or kill organic matter. It prohibits the discharge of polluting chemicals into US waters unless a special permit is granted.
Legal Planet
JANUARY 30, 2023
In the previous three years, Congress had passed NEPA, the Clean Air Act, and the Clean Water Act. Continuing the legislative wave, 1973 saw the passage of the Endangered Species Act (ESA. 1973 was at the crest of the environmental surge that swept the United States half a century ago.
ESA
DECEMBER 20, 2021
Scientific provisions in the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee bill is largely similar to the House bill: The Fish and Wildlife Service receives $200 million for Endangered Species Act recovery plans and $9.7 The Environmental Protection Agency receives $100 million for air quality and climate research.
Law Columbia
OCTOBER 7, 2019
In addition, the court rejected the contention that the Clean Air Act or foreign affairs doctrine completely preempted the plaintiffs’ claims and also indicated that federal common law would not provide a basis for complete preemption. Circuit Ruled that EPA Must Consider Endangered Species in Setting Renewable Fuel Standards.
Law Columbia
SEPTEMBER 10, 2021
The court held that the City’s claims were not completely preempted by the Clean Air Act and also was not persuaded by the companies’ argument that the claims necessarily arose under federal common law. Minnesota Court Affirmed Water Quality Certification for Line 3 Replacement Project.
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