For many years, Proposition 65 plaintiffs and the California Attorney General filed a lot of cases against manufacturers of plumbing fixtures because (a) the lead contained in various components leached into the water pa ...

Prior posts have noted in detail the proposed new California construction stormwater permit. At its September hearing, the SWRCB adopted the permit, but made a few changes:

Japanese researchers have found oseltamivir phosphate (“OC”), aka Tamiflu, downriver from sewage-treatment facilities. The source, like that for other drugs that have been found in ...

In conjunction with an airport relocation project, the Airport Authority requested to fill hundreds of acres of wetlands. The FAA issued an environmental impact statement (EIS), which, al ...

As noted in many prior posts, the world is full of microorganisms to which we humans are exposed constantly, and there is still a significant scientific debate regarding whether we need such e ...

In a prior post (5/29/08) regarding St. John's Organic Farm v. Gem County Mosquito Abatement Dist. , Continue reading >>

As noted in today’s New York Times: “Almost four decades ago, Congress passed the Clean Water Act to force polluters to disclose the toxins they dump into waterways and to giv ...

Agricultural runoff is responsible for most of the pesticide load in the Chesapeake Bay watershed, claims a new report by the Chesapeake Bay Watershed Project, a consortium of scientists from ...

Prior posts have noted the decision by the Bush Administration to not regulate perchlorate, EPA's decision in January to reconsider that decision by the Bush EPA, and the EPA Inspector General ...

In January 2006, Gearon and Fisher applied to the Army Corps for authorization to fill existing wetlands on their respective Sea Island properties. The applications specifically stated th ...

Prior posts have noted the size and causes of the Gulf of Mexico Dead Zone, and the target for reducing the zone set for 2015.

Prior posts have noted that the California SWRCB is revising its enforcement policy, and the controversy that has surrounded some of the provisions.  In its most recent draft, however, only one major change has been ...

The Clean Water Act's Section 303(d) requires each State biennially to develop a list of environmentally impaired water bodies and to submit the list to the EPA for approval or disapproval.&nb ...

Plaintiffs challenged a permit issued by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (the Corps) in connection with the construction of a marine container terminal and associated highway. Plaintiffs ...

Under the Safe Drinking Water Act, municipal water supplies are typically tested for chemicals, including atrazine, four times a year; atrazine acts to prevent the emergence of weed seeds.&nbs ...