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Sierra Club v. Virginia Electric & Power Co.: How a Clean Water Act Misinterpretation May Open the Floodgates to Future Groundwater Polluters

Vermont Law

On September 12, 2018, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit issued a judgment that added another untenable wrinkle in the fabric of groundwater pollution regulation. At first blush, groundwater appears distinct from the federally regulated category of navigable waters. Virginia Electric & Power Co.:

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IRA Side Deal on Permitting Raising Ire

Law and Environment

Manchin’s website, the reforms would include: Requiring the President to designate 25 high priority energy projects (including fossil fuel fired generation) that must be given permitting priority; Setting maximum timelines for permitting reviews, including two years for major impact projects under the National Environmental Policy Act; Streamlining (..)

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Federal Water Tap, July 18: White House Considers Impacts of Breaching Snake River Dams

Circle of Blue

Federal nuclear regulators intend to issue a license for an interim nuclear waste storage facility in southeastern New Mexico. The other report is an analysis of how breaching the dams would affect the electric grid and the region’s clean energy goals. Holtec anticipates up to 19 expansion phases, each with the same capacity.

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Lake Erie’s Failed Algae Strategy Hurts Poor Communities the Most

Circle of Blue

“There were families who did not know about it, because they were living without electricity, so they didn’t hear the story,” Smith recalls. Toledo’s water emergency was the product of an ecological hazard that Smith and her neighbors had no hand in creating. There were elders who couldn’t take their medication.

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EPA Issues Consent Order To MAX Environmental Technologies To Ensure Compliance With Hazardous Waste Rules At Westmoreland County Facility

PA Environment Daily

MAX conducts waste operations under permits issued by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection pursuant to the federal Clean Water Act and the Resource Conservation Recovery Act. The proposed regulation was published for comment in January 2022 when three virtual hearings were held. Read more here.

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PA Assn. Of Environmental Professionals Host Nov. 12 Webinar On Threatened, Endangered Species Policy Updates

PA Environment Daily

Fish and Wildlife Service regulations implementing the federal Endangered Species Act, evolving protections for the tricolored bat and northern long-eared bat, and potential policy implications of the 2024 election. Click Here to register and for more information.

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Pipelines

Smith Enviorment

FERC also regulates interstate pipeline projects for transportation safety purposes. Pipeline construction often requires a Clean Water Act Sec. 404 permit (for deposition of fill material in rivers, streams and other waters) from the U.S. 401 of the Clean Water Act, an applicant for a Sec.