The Standells may “love that dirty water” according to their 1966 hit song, but the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) New England region is hoping to reduce stormwater pollution running off industrial, commercial and...more
9/29/2022
/ Best Management Practices ,
Boston ,
Clean Water Act ,
Discharge of Pollutants ,
Environmental Justice ,
Environmental Policies ,
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ,
Industrial Storm Water Permit ,
NPDES ,
Pollution Control ,
Storm Water ,
Water Pollution ,
Watershed
The latest season of Clean Water Act (CWA) changes are now streaming from the courts and federal agencies. The Biden administration and lower courts have picked up where prior administrations and the U.S. Supreme Court left...more
9/24/2021
/ Clean Water Act ,
Discharge of Pollutants ,
Environmental Policies ,
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ,
Environmental Violations ,
Groundwater ,
Hawaii Wildlife Fund v County of Maui ,
Hazardous Substances ,
NPDES ,
Permits ,
Point Sources ,
SCOTUS ,
Wastewater
On December 11, 2018, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Army Corps of Engineers (ACOE) announced proposed changes to the agencies’ definition of “waters of the United States” (WOTUS). This...more
12/28/2018
/ Clean Water Act ,
Critical Infrastructure Sectors ,
Deregulation ,
Environmental Policies ,
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ,
Federal Jurisdiction ,
Inland Waterways ,
Navigable Waters ,
NPDES ,
Proposed Rules ,
Rulemaking Process ,
Trump Administration ,
US Army Corps of Engineers ,
Waters of the United States ,
Wetlands
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In the past year, federal circuit courts have already issued five decisions addressing the question of whether permitting obligations and other liability under the Clean Water Act (CWA) apply to leaking pits,...more