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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.

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Ongoing Battle to Keep Toxic Chemicals at Bay

Circle of Blue

But the scare wasted city resources and left water customers on edge for weeks. The Clean Water Act, a landmark federal pollution control law passed in 1972, cleaned up American waterways once fouled by industrial waste. But you know, like, this is the world we live in.” Since the discovery, Ann Arbor has spent $1.5

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The Serious Risks Around Treatment of Biomethane in 45V

Union of Concerned Scientists

In December, the Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service proposed regulations governing implementation of the 45V Clean Hydrogen Production Tax Credit , passed as part of 2022’s Inflation Reduction Act. Fuel deliverability, tracking, and certification.

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Shell Falcon Pipeline LP Pleads No Contest To Criminal Charges For Violating The State Clean Streams Law In Allegheny, Beaver, Washington Counties; Will Pay $300,000 In Penalties

PA Environment Daily

These penalties are in addition to a $670,000 civil penalty DEP accessed against Shell Falcon Pipeline and its contractor Minnesota Limited LLC for violations of its permit and other laws and regulations that occurred in 2019 and 2020 during pipeline construction. Read more here. Read more here. Decrease To 31.2%

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Environmental Quality Board Tables Vote On Accepting Petition For Study To Increase Setbacks From Shale Gas Wells Until Last Minute Comments Can Be Reviewed

PA Environment Daily

Since 2012, 42 independent peer-reviewed studies show fracking at current setback distances has caused dangerous impacts to health and the environment due to releases of benzene and other harmful fracking pollutants. This proposed regulation is narrowly drafted. It does not seek to ban fracking or relocate existing sites.

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Road Salt, A Stealthy Pollutant, Is Damaging Michigan Waters

Circle of Blue

Developing those pollution diets takes years. In the interim, state regulators this year are directly asking municipalities with storm sewer systems to outline steps for controlling salt runoff from roads. But regulators say that municipalities do not have the staff or budgets to oversee salt application on private property.

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Environmental Council Of The States, Other State Organizations Write Congress About The Importance Of Federal Funding To State Agencies Implementing Federal Programs

PA Environment Daily

Click Here for a copy of the letter. On February 28, ECOS also issued this statement on the reported 65% cut to the US Environmental Protection Agencys budget-- States carry out more than 90% of the nations federal environmental laws in communities around the U.S.,