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11/22/2008 7:44:58 PM EST Seven Northeastern States (Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Rhode Island, and Vermont) have petitioned EPA to convene a "management conference" to address the impairment of their waters by mercury deposition from th ... Create an account or login to post comments. | Comments (0)
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11/21/2008 7:44:06 PM EST The California State Water Resources Control Board (the parent agency of the Regional Water Quality Control Board and the agency that manages the underground ... Create an account or login to post comments. | Comments (0)
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11/15/2008 5:55:01 PM EST Cherokee Mining, LLC (CML) obtained permits from the Alabama Department of Environmental Management (ADEM) to discharge pollutants into the waterways surrounding its mining operations in northern Alabama. CML was accused by Black Warrior Riverkeeper (B ... Create an account or login to post comments. | Comments (0)
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11/12/2008 1:19:49 AM EST Defendants Rosenblum and Meister were the President/CEO and Plant Manager of Eco Finishing, respectively. Eco had a discharge permit from Metropolitan Council Environmental Services, which operates several POTWs in the Minneapolis/St. Paul area. Wastew ... Create an account or login to post comments. | Comments (0)
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11/7/2008 7:28:54 PM EST The National Research Council has recommended major, significant changes to EPA's stormwater management program; these changes are necessary so that there is a reasonable possibility that stormwater controls will be effective. It would be fair to concl ... Create an account or login to post comments. | Comments (0)
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11/3/2008 7:41:19 PM EST In response to a 2005 ruling by the 2nd Circuit [ Waterkeeper Alliance, Inc. et al v. EPA et al , 399 F.3d 486 (2nd Cir. 2005)], EPA has now issued a new rule, developed in conjunction with USDA, requiring improved handling of manure by concentrat ... Create an account or login to post comments. | Comments (0)
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10/30/2008 6:44:35 PM EST EPA has ordered 11 public drinking water systems in California to reduce the level of arsenic in their respective drinking water systems or face penalties of up to $32,500 per day. See Continue reading >>Comments (0)
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10/30/2008 7:42:44 PM EST In prior posts, the worldwide distribution of "dead zones" (areas deprived of oxygen) has been noted; additionally, prior posts have noted the deta ... Create an account or login to post comments. | Comments (0)
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10/26/2008 5:55:03 PM EST Demonstrating what can only be referred to as a foolish optimism, counsel in a criminal CWA case sought to have the meaning of "waters of the U.S." clarified, given the 3-way split in Rapanos . Robert Lucas, et al were convicted of know ... Create an account or login to post comments. | Comments (0)
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10/22/2008 12:24:45 AM EST Plaintiff Norton Construction Company sought a Section 404 permit to fill wetlands and stream area to construct a new landfill; the area was subject to the jurisdiction of the defendant United States Army Corps of Engineers. The Corps refused to proces ... Create an account or login to post comments. | Comments (0)
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10/20/2008 2:39:03 AM EST In a prior post it was noted that the Salton Sea was created in 1905, when heavy rainfall and snow melt caused the Colorado River to swell and breach an
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10/14/2008 5:54:26 PM EST Kentucky sued the Louisville & Jefferson County Metropolitan Sewer District for violations of the CWA, Kentucky law, and NPDES permits; EPA intervened. The parties settled, and entered into a Consent Decree. EPA thereafter sent the District an info ... Create an account or login to post comments. | Comments (0)
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10/9/2008 5:57:00 PM EST In United States v. Hagerman & Wabash Environmental Technologies, LLC , 2008 U.S. App. LEXIS 20317 (7th Cir. 9/08), defendants were convicted of criminal violations of the Clean Water Act. The government, contending that Wabash had violated t ... Create an account or login to post comments. | Comments (0)
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