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State Wetland Programs that Exceed Federal 404 Jurisdiction
There has been much discussion about how the new Waters of the US jurisdiction has been limited by the 2020 Navigable Waters Protection Rule (NWPR). Of main concern are the non-tidal wetlands that were once regulated as Section 404 Waters and are now no longer regulated under the Clean Water Act. This is a concern, however, there are many state programs that overlap and often exceed 404 ...
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Nanotechnology Briefing Paper Clean Water Act
The purpose of this briefing paper is to evaluate the existing statutory authority under the Clean Water Act (CWA or Act) to regulate nanotechnology and nanoparticles.2 One of the stated national goals of the CWA is the elimination of the discharge of pollutants into the navigable waters. Accordingly, the CWA generally provides the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) with authority to ...
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EPA Clean Water Act: New Regulations re: `Waters of the United States`
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published a final rule defining the scope of waters protected under the Clean Water Act… The rule will ensure protection for the nation’s public health and aquatic resources, and increase CWA program predictability and consistency by clarifying the scope of ‘‘waters of the United States’’ protected under the ...
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Get answers to your biomonitoring questions
Section 8(e) requires manufacturers, who have obtained information that meets the statutory standard of “reasonably support[ing] the conclusion that such substance orsmixture presents a substantial risk of injury to health or the environment,” to submit that information to EPA. The guidance is available in new Q&As at www.epa.gov/oppt/tsca8e/pubs/qatsca.htm. Most enforced provisionsTSCA ...
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A Federal District Court Issues First Decision Regarding New “Waters Of The US” Regulations
In this post, "Waters of the United States" webinar instructor Larry Lodwick explains the latest about the temporary injunction on the EPA's new federal clean water rules. For full information about the latest on this, and details of the Rule updates, enroll in the upcoming webinar. On August 28, the U.S. District Court in North Dakota issued a temporary injunction against new federal clean ...
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TMDL support activities for the Anacostia river case study
States and EPA are required to establish Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDLs) for waterways that fail to support their designated uses (e.g., swimming, recreation, aesthetic enjoyment, etc.) under the Clean Water Act. These TMDLs typically establish strict pollutant load limits for municipalities, industries, and other sources such as agriculture. Problem TMDLs can be challenging and controversial, ...
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How the post-flint effect could continue to affect industry
This post originally appeared on Enablon Insights as part of a three-part series, Between Flint and a Hard Place. The first post identified how lead in the drinking water in Flint, Michigan sparked a heightened awareness about water quality in the U.S. The second post dove deeper into water contamination trends affecting industry actors, analyzing how Flint, an issue created by public officials, ...
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Sediment dioxin levels as the basis for risk assessment and human health criteria
Methods for assessing human health risks and establishing water quality criteria under the Clean Water Act are based on the assumption that fish accumulation of dioxin is correlated with the dissolved phase of the dioxin in the water column by a water-to-fish predictive factor called a bioconcentration factor. However, dioxin does not remain dissolved in the water column to any significant ...
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April 2005 - Regulatory Update
The Onyx Environmental Services - Environmental, Health, Safety, and Transportation department is pleased to present the Monthly Regulatory Update. The update contains a brief summary of the proposed and final rules from EPA, OSHA, and DOT published in the Federal Register in the past calendar month. If you have any questions, comments, or suggestions regarding the Monthly Regulatory Updates, ...
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Emphasis Shifting to Toxicity Reduction
Untitled Document Under the Clean Water Act (CWA), the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) established the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permitting program as a means of controlling the discharge of wastewater to national surface water supplies. The NPDES program is used within the CWA to help prevent the discharge of "toxic ...
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Project - Tier 3 Water Budget and Local Area Risk Assessment for the Greensville Groundwater Municipal System
Client: Halton-Hamilton Source Protection Region, 4052 Milburough Line, RR#2, Campbellville, Ontario. Diane L. Bloomfield, M.Sc., P.Geo. (905.854.9229 ext. 223) Key Personnel: D. Kassenaar, E.J. Wexler, P. Thompson, M. Takeda, J. Ford Tier 2 Water Budget analysis completed under the Clean Water Act identified Middle Spencer Creek for further analysis at the Tier 3 Risk Assessment level. Earthfx ...
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Project - Environmental Assessment of the West Detour Mine Expansion
Client: Cathryn Moffett, Director, Environment & Sustainability, Detour Gold Corporation 199 Bay Street, Suite 4100 Toronto, Ontario, M5L 1E2 (416)304-0800 cmoffett@detourgold.com Key Personnel: D. Kassenaar, E.J. Wexler Tier 2 Water Budget analysis completed under the Clean Water Act identified Middle Spencer Creek for further analysis at the Tier 3 Risk Assessment level. Earthfx was hired ...
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Efficiency vs. Clarity within Wastewater Pretreatment
Industrial wastewater treatment plants play a significant role in preserving the environment, protecting public health and the ecosystem, while also dealing with the dirty water produced by their manufacturing facility. Industrial wastewater treatment facilities are designed to help speed up the natural process of water purification and do so in a way that maintains compliance, meets stringent ...
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EPA Revises Water Quality Criteria
Tens of thousands of members of the regulated community from industrial facilities with air emissions and wastewater discharges to municipal wastewater treatment plants, to hazardous waste site managers may be affected by changes to the WQC. US EPA Water Quality Criteria (WQC) which attempt to protect human health and the environment associated with the US waters, serve as the basis for most ...
By AECOM
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Spill prevention, control and countermeasure
Background One of the EPA’s mandates is to prevent oil spills from polluting our nation’s navigable waterways which are defined under the Clean Water Act and Oil Pollution Act as any waterway or body of water that is used for interstate and foreign commerce, including lakes, rivers, streams, wetlands, wet meadows, playa lakes and natural ponds. This description basically covers ...
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Utilities expand personnel capabilities with managed SCADA system - Case Study
As the water and wastewater industry faces a shrinking labor source, remote monitoring can fill the experience gap. About one third of water and wastewater utility workers will retire by 2018, according to the 2008 Water Environment Federation report. More than 79 million baby boomers will reach retirement age during the next 10 years. According to a study authored by Jones and Henry Engineers, ...
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