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Minnesota Needs Environmental Protections for Cumulative Impacts. Your State Does Too.

Union of Concerned Scientists

Should it become statute, this bill would give additional regulatory authority to the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (the state regulatory agency) to limit or deny an environmental permit if the proposal would result in significant additions to the cumulative environmental and public health stressors around the facility.

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President's Proposed Budget Cuts Will 'Incapacitate’ State Environmental Programs - $120+ Million At Risk In DEP’s Budget; Drinking Water, Wastewater Infrastructure Funding Cut 89%

PA Environment Daily

The Environmental Council of the States and the Environmental Protection Network reported this week the President's Budget Request issued on May 2 would cut over $1 billion going to states to administer federal pollution control and permitting programs, eliminating 16 of the 19 categorial state grants.

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SCOTUS Rules in Favor of Sewage: You Can’t Make This Sh** Up

Union of Concerned Scientists

the Environmental Protection Agency In the recent Supreme Court case , San Francisco was disputing permit language for its Oceanside wastewater treatment facility, which has an outfall pipe that discharges 4.5 Panoramic of Ocean Beach in San Francisco, downwind of the Oceanside Water Pollution Control Plant.

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Illinois Pollution Control Board proposes universal waste rules for hazardous waste paints

Environmental News Bits

This rulemaking was initiated by the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (IEPA) to comply with Public Act 103-887, which took effect on January 1, 2025. Public … Continue reading Illinois Pollution Control Board proposes universal waste rules for hazardous waste paints

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DEP Sets March 11 Environmental Justice Office Hearing On Air Quality Permit For New Pollution Control Devices At Harmon Creek Natural Gas Processing Plant In Washington County

PA Environment Daily

The Department of Environmental Protection has scheduled a March 11 hearing on a proposed Air Quality Plan Approval permit covering new air pollution control equipment to be installed at the Harmon Creek Natural Gas Processing Plant in Smith Township, Washington County. (

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DEP: Southwestern Energy Prod Co. Failed To Comply With Act 2 Cleanup Standards At The Greenzweig Shale Gas Wastewater Impoundment In Bradford County After 5 Years

PA Environment Daily

The Department of Environmental Protection published notice in the February 8 PA Bulletin saying Southwestern Energy Production Company failed to comply with the Act 2 Land Recycling Program cleanup standards at the Greenzweig shale gas wastewater impoundment in Herrick Township, Bradford County. (

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Happy 50th Anniversary, Federal Clean Water Act

Legal Planet

That’s primarily due to two key features of the CWA: first, a nationwide permit system designed to mandate aggressive application of pollution control technology to limit pollution from “point sources” such as factories and power plants. Environmental Protection Agency.).