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Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Sierra Club Clean Water Act

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Cooling Water Intake Structure/Clean Water Act: Sierra Club Petition Before the U.S. EPA Environmental Appeals Board Challenging...

The Sierra Club and Conservation Law Foundation (collectively “Sierra Club”) submitted a June 16th Petition for Review (“Petition”) before the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) Environmental Appeals Board...more

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Texas Clean Water Act NPDES Permitting Program: Environmental Organizations Petition U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to...

The Sierra Club and 20 other environmental organizations (collectively, “Sierra Club”) submitted a September 23rd Petition to the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) styled: Citizen Petition for...more

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Thermal Discharges/Steam-Electric Power Plant: U.S. EPA Environmental Appeals Board Addresses Challenge to NPDES Permit

The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) Environmental Appeals Board (“EAB”) addressed in an August 3rd Opinion a Petition for Review challenging certain conditions of a coal-fired, steam-electric power plant...more

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Normal Operation of Rail Cars in Transit/Applicability of Clean Water Act Discharge Prohibition: U.S. Surface Transportation Board...

The United States Surface Transportation Board (“STB”) issued a Decision on December 29th addressing a preemption issue related to the Clean Water Act. See Association of American Railroads – Petition for Declaratory Order,...more

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Yazoo Backwater Area Pumps Project: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Sued for Failing to Issue 404 Veto

The environmental organization Earthjustice filed a Complaint for Declaratory and Injunctive Relief (“Complaint”) in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia against the United States Environmental...more

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Steam Electric Power Plant/Clean Water Act: U.S. EPA Environmental Appeals Board Addresses Challenge to NPDES Permit

The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) Environmental Appeals Board (“EAB”) addressed in a September 30th Opinion a challenge to a Clean Water Act National Pollution Discharge Elimination System (“NPDES”)...more

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Power Plant/Clean Water Act: Citizen Groups U.S. EPA Environmental Appeals Board Challenge to NPDES Permit

The Sierra Club and other organizations filed a November 1st Petition for Review (“Petition”) before the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) Environmental Appeals Board (“EAB”) challenging a Clean Water Act...more

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Environmental Notes - October 2018

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EPA has announced a new compliance policy that some will view as providing welcome relief to industry and others may view as providing unwarranted concessions. The subject line of the EPA memo announcing the new policy is...more

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Fourth Circuit Decision Conveys New Meaning of Clean Water Act “Point Source” for Coal Ash Ponds

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In the evolving Sierra Club v. Virginia Electric & Power Company case, the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit has just reversed a Virginia-based federal district court on the key issue of whether a coal ash...more

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Currents - Energy Industry Insights - September 2018 #2

As Storm Looms, 4th Circuit Reverses Ruling Against Dominion on Coal Ash Pollution at Chesapeake Site - "Water pollution from a coal ash landfill and settling ponds at a closed power plant in Chesapeake is not a violation of...more

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Citizen Suit Enforcement/Clean Water Act: Sierra Club Notice of Intent to Sue Trump International Hotel & Tower (Chicago) for...

The Illinois Chapter of the Sierra Club and Friends of the Chicago River (collectively “Sierra Club”) sent a June 14th Clean Water Act Notice of Intent to Sue Trump International Hotel & Tower (“Trump International”) for...more

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Riverkeeper Groups Still Seeking to Remove ADEM Authority over NPDES Permits

In a continuation of an ongoing battle, seven environmental groups (Cahaba Riverkeeper, Choctawatchee Riverkeeper, Friends of Hurricane Creek, Black Warrior Riverkeeper, Friends of the Locust Fork River, Alabama Rivers...more

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Environmental Notes - January 2016

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Dominion Virginia Power (Dominion) operates a coalfired power plant in Chesapeake, Virginia. It maintains permits for its operations, including a Virginia solid waste management permit and a Virginia Pollutant Discharge...more

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California Environmental Law & Policy Update - July 2015

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Environmental and Policy Focus - BP pays record $18.7 billion to settle claims in Gulf oil spill Bloomberg - Jul 2: BP Plc reached a record $18.7 billion agreement to settle all federal and state claims from the 2010...more

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Environmental Notes - June 2015

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In this Issue: - EPA Issues SIP Call to Eliminate SSM Defense - EPA and Corps Define “Waters of The United States” - Frequent Questions: EPCRA 313 - Generators Need to be Vigilant About TCLP Sampling...more

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