water quality law News
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“Clearing the Air” News Round Up post from OMI Industries
Welcome to the “Clearing the Air” News Round Up post from OMI Industries. We have compiled the latest industrial odor control news stories for your reference, arming you with the right information to keep your facilities odor-free. If you have any news that you would like our team to cover, please fill out our contact form and we will strongly consider running your story. Water ...
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NACWA, Municipal Clean Water Community Secure Major Victory in Chesapeake Bay TMDL Litigation
The National Association of Clean Water Agencies (NACWA) applauds today's unanimous decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit in American Farm Bureau Federation, et al. v. U.S. EPA upholding the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) for the Chesapeake Bay. NACWA intervened in the litigation to support the TMDL and its holistic watershed ...
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NACWA, Major U.S. Cities File Briefs in Chesapeake Bay Daily Load Appeal, Defend Lower Court Ruling & Holistic Watershed Approach
The National Association of Clean Water Agencies (NACWA) filed a brief April 21 with the U.S Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit strongly supporting the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) for the Chesapeake Bay. The brief urges the Third Circuit to affirm a 2013 federal district court ruling upholding the TMDL and to support the holistic ...
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EPA Maintains Clean Water Act Authority To Write TMDL Plans for Impaired Waters
The Environmental Protection Agency has told an appellate court that the Clean Water Act has authorized it to set a total maximum daily load plan to restore impaired waters when states are unable to meet their obligations (Am. Farm Bureau Fed'n v. EPA, No. 13-4079, 3d Cir., reorder 4/2/13). In an April 2 filing with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, the agency contended that the ...
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EPA to Award Over a Half Billion in Funding to Areas Impacted by Hurricane Sandy in New Jersey and New York
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today announced that it will provide grants of $340 million to the state of New York and $229 million to the state of New Jersey for improvements to wastewater and drinking water treatment facilities impacted by Hurricane Sandy. The funding announced today will help storm-damaged communities in both states as they continue to recover from the damage ...
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EPA to Award Over a Half Billion in Funding to Areas Impacted by Hurricane Sandy in New Jersey and New York
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today announced that it will provide grants of $340 million to the state of New York and $229 million to the state of New Jersey for improvements to wastewater and drinking water treatment facilities impacted by Hurricane Sandy. The funding announced today will help storm-damaged communities in both states as they continue to recover from the damage ...
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NACWA files brief in Chesapeake Bay daily load litigation, defends holistic watershed approach
The National Association of Clean Water Agencies (NACWA) filed a brief icon-pdf on Friday, April 20 in federal litigation over the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) for the Chesapeake Bay. The brief makes a strong case on behalf of using a holistic watershed approach, including nonpoint source agricultural dischargers, in the TMDL to ...
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Public meeting on floyds fork pollution control plan EPA to host Aug. 30 meeting
On Tuesday, August 30, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 4 will conduct a public meeting to obtain comments from stakeholders on the process of developing a Total Maximum Daily Load for Floyds Fork. The meeting will be held from 7 to 9 p.m. (EDT) in the Eastern High School auditorium. The school is located in the Middletown community of Louisville at 12400 Old Shelbyville ...
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US court restores clean water protections in Southern California
Ruling on a post-trial motion by environmental groups, an Orange County Superior Court this week reversed the part of a July 2, 2008 judgment that blocked the Los Angeles Regional Water Quality Control Board from enforcing many water quality standards that control Southern California’s worst source of water pollution, storm water runoff. The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), on behalf ...
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$37 Million Approved for Everglades Water Quality Project
Lee County last week approved $10 million toward purchasing land for a project to improve water quality in the Caloosahatchee River, contributing toward restoration of water quality in the northern Everglades. Two days later, the state of Florida and the South Florida Water Management District approved a memo of agreement that will add $27 million to Lee County's funds. The money will be used ...
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America`s Rivers of Filth
WASHINGTON, DC, October 12, 2007 (ENS) - Billions of gallons of polluted wastewater spilled unchecked into America's waterways in 2005 as more than half the country's industrial and municipal wastewater facilities exceeded the limits of their Clean Water Act permits, according to a analysis of official figures released today by the U.S. Public Interest Research Group. 'Troubled Waters: An ...
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