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Happy 50th Anniversary, Federal Clean Water Act

Legal Planet

The Clean Water Act (CWA), one of the nation’s most important environmental laws, is 50 years old today. But 50 years after its creation, the Clean Water Act has proven substantially less effective in other areas. (credit: Amazon). Download as PDF.

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The Ten Most Important U.S. Environmental Laws

Legal Planet

Clean Water Act. This law has done a good job at cleaning up municipal and industrial water pollution. Comprehensive Emergency Response and Cleanup Act (CERCLA ). Provides for cleanup of hazardous waste sites. Other substances are more dangerous but the number of people exposed is much smaller.

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Powerful Industry’s Torrent of Manure Overwhelms State Regulators

Circle of Blue

Powerful Industry’s Torrent of Manure Overwhelms State Regulators Cause of Michigan’s worst water pollution is too much waste spread on too little land. To a large extent the harmful algal blooms that foul Michigan’s waters and turn western Lake Erie into a toxic inland sea are the result of mismatches. . Photographs by J.

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Wetland Protections Remain Bogged Down in Mystery 

Union of Concerned Scientists

It is mind- bog -gling, syllable pun intended, that scientists still do not know how many wetlands lost protection in last year’s crippling of the Clean Water Act by the Supreme Court. The prime ones are erosion and flood control, waste treatment, water purification, recreation, and tourism.

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EPA Issues Consent Order To Max Environmental Technologies For Clean Water Act Violations At Yukon, Westmoreland County Facility; Virtual Listening Session Set For Oct. 9

PA Environment Daily

to bring its waste treatment and disposal facility in Yukon, Westmoreland County into compliance with the federal Clean Water Act. In April 2024, the EPA announced an agreement with MAX that would address the facility’s compliance with state and federal hazardous waste management regulations.

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DEP Posted 107 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In January 18 PA Bulletin

PA Environment Daily

. -- DEP published notice in the January 18 PA Bulletin inviting comments on new and revised DEP Water Quality Assessment Methodology for listing and delisting impaired waters under the federal Clean Water Act 2026 Integrated Water Quality Monitoring and Assessment Report. Monroe County. ( Montour County. (

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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

PennEnvironments Zero Waste Advocate Faran Savitz released the following statement in response to the announcement-- IRG abandoning its plan is great news for both the Erie area and for Lake Erie, an iconic body of water consistently plagued by plastic pollution. Neither is burning plastic waste to make steel.