Vermont Law

FEBRUARY 8, 2015

In March of 2014, the EPA and the Army Corps of Engineers issued an “interpretive rule” regarding section 404 of the Clean Water Act, circumventing a notice and comment period. Under the Administrative Procedure Act (APA), “interpretive rules” are merely advisory and do not carry the force of law. Summary. :

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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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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 12, 2025

On March 12, the US Environmental Protection Agency announced sweeping plans to reconsider more than 31 major environmental regulations and programs, including pulling back regulations reducing methane emissions and regulating production wastewater from oil and gas operations.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 10, 2022

The Circuit Court reversed in part, but the whole issue was mooted by the passage in mid-October of 1972 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act 0f 1972. In 1995 he became Secretary of Environmental Protection in Pennsylvania. He died in 2020.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 28, 2021

“We appreciate the work of our partner jurisdictions and local communities as they take actions to reduce pollution to local waters and the Bay," said Diana Esher, Acting Regional Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, Mid-Atlantic Region. Click Here for the complete announcement.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 18, 2023

The Ohio River has made tremendous progress through the processes of both The Safe Drinking Water Act and The Clean Water Act. ORBA’s primary goal is to have Congress recognize the Ohio River Basin as threatened and deserving of sustained funding.

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Circle of Blue

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

For Platte Lake, the solution was controlling the source of contamination: the 94-year-old Platte River State Fish Hatchery in Honor, eight miles upstream. The federal Clean Water Act includes specific provisions to limit pollution from such “point sources” of contamination. Michigan’s Powerful Environmental Law.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 17, 2024

Louisiana, will spend more than $10 million on pollution controls to address air, water, and hazardous waste violations at two petrochemical plants in Point Comfort, Texas, and Baton Rouge, La. PERI Pollution Indexes Based on United States Environmental Protection Agency data ranking the top 100 worst polluters.

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Law Columbia

NOVEMBER 7, 2017

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and other governmental entities to allow continued enforcement of environmental laws related to ongoing mining operations. Army Corps of Engineers had violated the Clean Water Act. Circuit Stayed Greenhouse Gas Emissions Standards for Truck Trailers.

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Circle of Blue

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Court of Appeals issued a ruling that lends legal muscle to a five-year old petition that Food & Water Watch and 36 allies filed to compel the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to update CAFO permitting regulations. to issue new rules that limit discharges of CAFO wastes into waters. Water worries.

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Law Columbia

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

Under the Endangered Species Act, the court vacated the FWS’s biological opinion because the incidental take statement lacked “the requisite specificity of mitigation measures for the polar bear” and because the take finding for the polar bear was arbitrary and capricious. Circuit’s January 2021 decision vacating the U.S.

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ESA

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

New court ruling clears path for Bristol Bay Clean Water Act protections – National Fisherman. EPA – Draft FY 2022-2026 Environmental Protection Agency Strategic Plan. EPA – Proposed Consent Decree, Clean Air Act Citizen Suit. EPA – Proposed Consent Decree, Clean Air Act Citizen Suit.

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Arnold Porter

JUNE 2, 2021

In the months since our 2020 update on federal actions affecting per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has continued to take action on its PFAS Action Plan. Subscribe to our "Biden-Harris Agenda" mailing list to receive our analyses. * * * * *.

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Law Columbia

JULY 2, 2021

The court also rejected the Town’s argument that the project was not consistent with current health, environmental protection, and resource use and development policies in Massachusetts. June 25, 2021). Washington Appellate Court Sent CAFO Permits Back to Agency for Consideration of Climate Impacts and Other Issues. 52952-1-II (Wash.

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