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DEP Chesapeake Bay Healthy Waters Newsletter Highlights Nearly 16,700 BMPs In 2024; Grant Opportunities; County Clean Water Projects

PA Environment Daily

Pennsylvania conservationists are focused on restoring the health of small, local streams that are on the federal Clean Water Acts impaired waters list. They recognized and celebrated Pennsylvanias efforts to delist streams at a rapid pace.

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Environment & Energy Educational Opportunities For Students & Adults

PA Environment Daily

8 Webinar On Private Water Supply Education & Water Testing [PaEN] -- PASA Sustainable Agriculture 2024 Sustainable Agriculture Conference Feb. Interfaith Partners For The Chesapeake Bay Faith & Waters Restoration Summit Feb. Interfaith Partners For The Chesapeake Bay Faith & Waters Restoration Summit Feb.

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Regulating the Regulators: Supreme Court Allows Judicial Review of Clean Water Act Determinations

The Energy Law

The Corps’ definition of whether property constitutes “waters of the United States” is significant because the Clean Water Act regulates the discharge of pollutants into “the waters of the United States.” The Corps has defined the waters of the United States very broadly, along the lines of the Commerce Clause.

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Erie Times: International Recycling Group Cancels Plans For Plastics Recycling Plant In Erie Citing President's Tariffs, Pause In US DOE Funding Commitment

PA Environment Daily

Now You Can In Monroe County - By Carol Hillestad for Brodhead Watershed Association [PaEN] -- EPA To Hold May 6 Virtual Hearing [If Requested] On Proposed Permit For A Sandstone Development Oil & Gas Wastewater Injection Well In Lafayette Twp.,

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Keep PA Beautiful: Sen. Comitta, Rep. Williams Honor Shakira Davis Of Coatesville, Chester County With Community Pride Award

PA Environment Daily

Now You Can In Monroe County - By Carol Hillestad for Brodhead Watershed Association [PaEN] -- EPA To Hold May 6 Virtual Hearing [If Requested] On Proposed Permit For A Sandstone Development Oil & Gas Wastewater Injection Well In Lafayette Twp.,

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Lehigh Valley Watershed Conference At Lehigh University On March 14

PA Environment Daily

The conference serves as a forum that brings together community watershed organizations, municipal officials, educators, students, scientists, technical experts, natural resource agency staff, industry representatives, and the public to discuss effective ways to improve and protect land and water resources throughout the greater Lehigh Valley.

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The Supreme Court Looks for a Middle Ground to Determine When Clean Water Act Permit is Required for Discharges to Groundwater

The Energy Law

where the Court held that, in limited circumstances, a party discharging pollutants into groundwater that ultimately end up in navigable waters will need a permit under the Clean Water Act. Hawaii Wildlife Fund, et al. 33 U.S.C. §§ 1311(a), 1362(12)(A); see also 33 U.S.C. 1342 (NPDES provisions).