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 Stories About: solid waste treatment and disposal AND US EPA AND water pollution
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Blending the Rules
EPA plan would spew under-treated sewage into U.S. waterways |
Susan Boni |
10 Mar 2005 |
Main Dish |
| Like clean water? Then you'll love Rep. Bart Stupak. Swimming in sewage just isn't this fun. For the last year, Stupak has been fighting a U.S. EPA proposal that would allow inadequately treated sewage to be "blended" with fully treated waste during rain and snow events. The messy mix would then be released into the nation's rivers, lakes, and coastal waters. If blending is permitt ... |
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| Topics: politics, solid waste treatment and disposal, US EPA, water pollution (all these topics) |
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Doo Process
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11 Mar 2003 |
Daily Grist |
| Doo Process Calling for more stringent regulations to control manure runoff from large-scale farms, three environmental organizations filed suit against the U.S. EPA on Friday. The current rules, which were approved last month and will be phased in by 2006, require concentrated animal feeding operations, or CAFOs, to obtain water-pollution permits ever ... |
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| Topics: environmental non-government organizations, solid waste treatment and disposal, US EPA, water pollution (all these topics) |
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The Brown Lagoon
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26 Jul 2001 |
Daily Grist |
| The Brown Lagoon Lagoons of animal waste from large factory farms are threatening drinking water and recreational waters across the country, according to a report released Tuesday by the Natural Resources Defense Council and the Clean Water Network. The groups want new lagoons to be banned and existing ones to be phased out within the next five years. The U.S. EPA this month is weighing whether t ... |
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| Topics: solid waste treatment and disposal, US EPA, water pollution (all these topics) |
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