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Legal Planet's Richard Frank posted today on the US CleanWaterAct's 50th birthday. Nevertheless, and with the possible exception of the CleanAirAct, no law enacted as part of the outpouring of federal environmental legislation in the 1970’s has proven more successful and transformational than the CWA.
These developments set the stage for the blossoming of federal environmental law with the passages of NEPA, the CleanAirAct, the CleanWaterAct, and other major legislation in the decade that followed." Wolfe, Los Angeles County AirPollutionControl District vehicle, Burbank, 1947-1950?
For example, EPA under the CleanWaterAct established 129 “ Priority Pollutants ” in 1976, a list of which is a typical analytical suite that you can order as a package. CleanWaterAct. Through this law, waterpollution is managed by controlling wastewater discharges.
The CleanWaterAct (CWA), one of the nation’s most important environmental laws, is 50 years old today. The nation’s rivers, streams, lakes and ocean waters are dramatically cleaner and healthier than they were a half-century ago. (credit: Amazon). ” That obviously did not, and will not, happen.
Louisiana, will spend more than $10 million on pollutioncontrols to address air, water, and hazardous waste violations at two petrochemical plants in Point Comfort, Texas, and Baton Rouge, La. USA: Formosa Plastics Corp., Texas, and Formosa Plastics Corp.,
Methane Emissions EPA announced it would reconsider regulations for the oil and gas industry under Section 111 of the CleanAirAct and Subpart W of the Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program. Technologies to treat produced water to a quality for safe discharge and reuse have become more effective and affordable.
The court held that the City’s claims were not completely preempted by the CleanAirAct 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.
Murray Energy Sought Supreme Court Review of Fourth Circuit’s Dismissal of CleanAirAct Jobs Study Case. Army Corps of Engineers had violated the CleanWaterAct. Foster , No. 34-2016-CR-00187 (N.D. decision Sept. 29, 2017; verdict Oct. NEW CASES, MOTIONS, AND NOTICES. West Virginia v. 15-1363 (D.C.
The CleanAirAct provision at issue authorizes small refineries to petition EPA “for an extension of the exemption … for the reason of disproportionate economic hardship.” Supreme Court reversed the Tenth Circuit and upheld “extension[s]” of exemptions from renewal fuel program requirements for three small refineries.
The Biden administration moved Thursday to formally repeal the Trump administration’s controversial rule that vastly restricted the scope of CleanWaterAct protections. EPA – Proposed Consent Decree, CleanAirAct Citizen Suit. By Annie Snider, PoliticoPro, 11/18/2021. or WOTUS. “In United States.
Supreme Court to hear CleanWaterAct case. CleanWaterAct: In what will be one of the most important final environmental rulings in the history of the U.S., EPA – CleanAirAct Advisory Committee Meeting (Feb. Executive Branch. International. E&E News. 28, 2022.
During Regan's confirmation hearing, he committed to pursuing "discharge limits" for PFAS, likely referring to point source discharges of the chemical substances into "waters of the United States." EPA has not yet regulated PFAS under the CWA, despite interest from members of Congress in doing so.
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