PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

Census Bureau must participate in this program, managed in Pennsylvania by the Department of Environmental Protection under the federal Clean Water Act. All Master Watershed Steward team members have completed the Department of Environmental Protection Clean Water Academy training on outfall inspections.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

On September 19, the Department of Environmental Protection announced it is ramping up monitoring and plans to develop a surface water standard for PFAS 'forever chemicals' after a DEP/U.S. Geological Survey study found 76% of streams and rivers sampled contained at least one of these chemicals.

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Circle of Blue

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

The tide of waste was generated by animals from 132 CAFOs in Indiana and Ohio. Her finding revealed a major source of phosphorus that drains from farmland and contributed to the harmful algal bloom that shut down Toledo’s drinking water plant for three days the year before. EGLE has not compiled records for manifested waste for 2015.

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Smith Enviorment

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Farm Act of 2023 (Senate Bill 582) and the Regulatory Reform Act of 2023 (House Bill 600) all contained provisions weakening existing environmental protections and in some cases preventing adoption of new standards. This session, the legislature amended the animal waste system permitting law, G.S. Amends G.S.

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Ohio Environmental Law

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

On August 29, 2023, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) and the Army Corps of Engineers (ACOE) issued a direct final rule without public comment amending the definition of the “Waters of the United States” (WOTUS) which governs the scope of federal jurisdiction under the Clean Water Act (CWA).

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 18, 2023

PA Bulletin, page 5216 ) The project is located in Gamble and Plunketts Creek Townships in Lycoming County and withdraws water from the Exceptional Value Loyalsock Creek. . PA Bulletin, page 5239 ) -- Waste Management Renewable Energy, LLC - Landfill Gas Project: DEP issued Air Quality Plan Approval for the facility in Falls Twp.,

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Wolf’s PFAS Action Team Report noted there is a concern wastewater plant sewage sludge also contains PFAS and policies are needed to properly manage this waste. Similar concerns would be present in oil and gas waste treatment facilities. Note: The Department of Environmental Protection does not comment on matters in litigation.]

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The Energy Law Blog

MAY 17, 2011

By Lesley Foxhall Pietras On April 27, 2011, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (the Corps) released new proposed guidance on how the agencies will identify waters protected by the Clean Water Act (CWA) in light of Solid Waste Agency of Northern Cook County v.

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 1, 2022

Restoring Assets It has only been one generation since waterways across the state were contaminated with industrial waste, chemicals, and other pollutants to the point that rivers were on fire and devoid of aquatic life.

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Ohio Environmental Law

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

On August 29, 2023, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) and the Army Corps of Engineers (ACOE) issued a direct final rule without public comment amending the definition of the “Waters of the United States” (WOTUS) which governs the scope of federal jurisdiction under the Clean Water Act (CWA).

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Academy of Natural Sciences

JUNE 2, 2022

In America, over half of our drinking water comes from nearby rivers and streams, with the average person using close to 100 gallons a day at home for drinking, bathing, washing the dishes and watering the plants. The Delaware River provides this needed water to over 15 million people. Reduce plastic waste.

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E2 Law Blog

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

18, 2021, United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Michael S. NOTE : The EPA will be hosting a webinar on this topic on Nov. 2 at 2:00 p.m. EST. On Oct. The agency set out three broad goals: to invest in research, restrict PFAS pollution, and remediate PFAS contamination.

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Vermont Law

APRIL 19, 2019

The Clean Water Act (CWA) and grant programs contained in the Farm Bill are the primary federal mechanisms for curbing agricultural water pollution. However, these structures have not sufficiently addressed agriculture’s impact on the nation’s water resources. to reduce otherwise externalized wastes.

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Smith Enviorment

SEPTEMBER 23, 2018

DEQ’s Division of Waste Management (DWM) works with local governments to pre-approve new landfills for vegetative waste and non-hazardous construction debris before a storm hits. Removal of debris from streams and rivers may require a federal permit under Section 404 of the Clean Water Act. Animal waste.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Those factors include characteristics of the substance-- effects on protected water uses, volume, concentration, persistence in the environment and mobility in soil and water-- and the location-- proximity to waters, downstream users, characteristics of nearest waters and relevant infrastructure presence and qualities.

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Vermont Law

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

Perhaps most disturbingly, the proposal also calls for construction of the world’s largest earthen dam and a 10-square-mile waste pond to hold back between 2.5 and 10 billion tons of acidic mine waste.

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Clean Energy Law

JULY 16, 2019

EPA reviewed current industry practices for operational and decommissioning materials and wastes to evaluate the types of hazardous materials used and released by the electric power sector. EPA’s decision to forego financial requirements will likely face opposition by eNGOs. By Claudia M. O’Brien and Stacey L. VanBelleghem. What’s Next?

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Legal Planet

OCTOBER 18, 2022

The Clean Water Act (CWA), one of the nation’s most important environmental laws, is 50 years old today. It’s proven to be one of the most successful of America’s bedrock federal environmental statutes. Environmental Protection Agency.). (credit: Amazon). Download as PDF.

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Circle of Blue

MAY 16, 2023

Ohio residents, fearing their drinking water will be contaminated by increasing amounts of fracking waste, are standing up to oil companies and injection-well owners. million homes over the next decade in Ontario, also changes environmental protections and regulations required for development plans.

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Circle of Blue

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

The EPA’s internal watchdog reports that small water systems are lagging on cybersecurity measures. And lastly, the EPA reports that more polluters are obeying the limits of their waste discharge permits. 9 Percent : Share of polluters that did not meet their Clean Water Act discharge permit this year, according to the EPA.

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Environmental Science

SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

Commercial Waste : Any waste material produced as a byproduct of commercial or industrial activity. Filtration : Removing solid waste and material from water in the process of wastewater treatment. Anything with this designation, of spilled in US waters, must be reported to the EPA.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 16, 2022

The Halfmoon restoration plan was approved by the Department of Environmental Protection and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, making its implementation eligible for federal funding through Section 319 of the Clean Water Act.

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Ocean Conservancy

JANUARY 18, 2023

In short, all water is connected. Knowing the wide-ranging impacts of pollution on our ocean, I’m reassured by the existence of the Clean Water Act (CWA) – the legal framework for preserving and restoring “waters of the United States”. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), was taken up by the U.S.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 17, 2024

The company first attracted global attention when it was caught dumping 3,000 tons of toxic mercury-laden waste in Sihanoukville, Cambodia, that originated at a PVC plant in Kaohsiung, Taiwan. A court ultimately revoked the company’s air permits in September 2022, in a major victory for environmental justice activists.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 18, 2023

These threats include a legacy of toxic chemical discharges, bacteria impairment, nutrient pollution, mine waste, and other serious problems. The Ohio River has made tremendous progress through the processes of both The Safe Drinking Water Act and The Clean Water Act.

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 30, 2022

Environmental Protection Agency approval of a new restoration plan for the Pequea Creek Watershed clears the way for federal funding to put practices on the ground to reduce pollution from agriculture and urban development in Lancaster and Chester counties. Recent U.S.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 12, 2023

The Cuyahoga fire, along with a major oil spill off the coast of Santa Barbara that same year, galvanized national attention and led to the first Earth Day, a slew of new air and water protection laws, and the creation of new federal departments to administer them, including the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 25, 2023

Environmental Protection Agency announced Eastman Chemical Resins Inc. million penalty for environmental violations at the sprawling 56-acre manufacturing facility in West Elizabeth, Pennsylvania, that is now owned and operated by Synthomer Jefferson Hills, LLC. On May 25, the U.S. will pay a $2.4

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Circle of Blue

MAY 9, 2022

To protect a shrinking Lake Powell , the feds will hold back more water and call in reinforcement supplies from upstream reservoirs. A Senate committee advances legislation to authorize Army Corps water projects. The GAO reviews the Department of Energy’s nuclear waste cleanups. Water Bills in Congress. The PFAS 2.0

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 12, 2022

Environmental Protection Agency to adopt controls on methane emissions from oil and gas operations by December 16 or face the potential loss of $500 million or more in federal highway funds. Environmental Protection Agency. DEP estimates it will cost the conventional natural gas industry approximately $9.8 Read more here.

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Circle of Blue

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

China requires its large livestock operations to treat manure, in some cases with engineered wastewater treatment plants, before spreading livestock wastes on farmland. The federal Clean Water Act includes specific provisions to limit pollution from such “point sources” of contamination. The cost of the project: $200,000.

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 11, 2023

Triennial Review Of Water Quality Standards The Board also adopted the proposed rulemaking updating a variety of water quality standards and narrative criteria to maintain water uses and antidegradation requirements under the federal Clean Water Act for public comment. Geological Survey and the U.S.

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Environmental Science

SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

President John F Kennedy introduced the Clean Air Act in the US as one of many introduced in developed nations with heavy industry (15). Deeper into the 1960s, Richard Nixon signed the executive order creating the Environmental Protection Agency. It is not technically a subcategory of the science of conservation.

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Circle of Blue

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

Funded by the Erb Family Foundation and the Joyce Foundation, the project comes on the 50 th anniversary of the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement, a high point of environmental diplomacy, and the U.S. Clean Water Act, a pivotal piece of American environmental law. There are many others. In 2009, the U.S.

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 28, 2023

Triennial Review Of Water Quality Standards. This proposed rulemaking updates a variety of water quality standards and narrative criteria to maintain water uses and antidegradation requirements under the federal Clean Water Act. Click Here for a summary of the rulemaking. Geological Survey and the U.S.

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E2 Law Blog

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

After all, New York’s air permitting regime is based on health-based emissions standards derived from the federal Clean Air Act. The same goes for New York’s clean water regulations, which in some ways go beyond the dictates of the federal Clean Water Act.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JANUARY 3, 2024

2023 was a rough year for clean water. The Supreme Court took a hammer to the Clean Water Act with its decision in Sackett v. The Sackett decision was a tremendous loss for everyone who depends on clean water—that is, for all of us. In response, 27 states sued , and the rule was put on hold.

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