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Water We Supposed to Do?
Lag in water-pollution enforcement traced to muddled court decision |
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08 Jul 2008 |
News |
| Posted at 2:58 PM on 08 Jul 2008 The U.S. EPA has neglected to pursue hundreds of potential violations of the Clean Water Act because of regulatory uncertainty, according to an internal memo. The lack of clarity stems from a 2006 Supreme Court ruling that left plenty up in the air about the types of waterways and wetlands that fall under EPA jurisdiction. The confusion has had "a significant impact ... |
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| Topics: news, politics, regulation, US EPA, water pollution, wetlands (all these topics) |
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They're Busy Not Enforcing the Clean Air Act
EPA not enforcing Clean Water Act, says report |
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12 Oct 2007 |
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| Posted at 1:35 PM on 12 Oct 2007 The U.S. EPA is not so much enforcing the Clean Water Act, says a new report from green group U.S. PIRG. According to EPA data, 57 percent of the country's industrial plants and municipal wastewater facilities dumped more than the allowable level of pollutants and sewage into waterways at least once in 2005, the most recent year that records are available. The average vio ... |
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| Topics: Indiana, news, politics, regulation, US EPA, water pollution (all these topics) |
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Wave of Futilation
U.S. House, at odds with White House, passes $1.7 billion wastewater bill |
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08 Mar 2007 |
Daily Grist |
| Wave of Futilation U.S. House, at odds with White House, passes $1.7 billion wastewater bill The U.S. House made waves yesterday by passing the first of three water-quality bills it will consider this week. Faced with White House disapproval, feisty U.S. reps voted 367-58 to spend $1.7 billion over five years to modernize wastewater systems and stem sewage overflows across the country. ... |
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| Topics: Congress, news, politics, regulation, water pollution, White House (all these topics) |
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Muddy Waters
Supremes divided on wetlands protection under Clean Water Act |
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20 Jun 2006 |
Daily Grist |
| Muddy Waters Supremes divided on wetlands protection under Clean Water Act The Supreme Court ruled yesterday neither to sharply restrict the Clean Water Act nor to leave its current broad interpretation untouched. Instead it did ... something else. Spurred by two Michigan property-rights cases, the high court's contentious decision states that wetlands must at least be adjacent to a tributary that flows into a ... |
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| Topics: news, politics, regulation, water pollution (all these topics) |
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