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EPA’s draft guidance for implementing the Supreme Court’s landmark ruling on when pollutants that travel through groundwater may need a Clean Water Act (CWA) permit places the duty to obtain a permit on the facility owner or operator but says there will only be “rare occasions” when such permits are needed.
Environmentalists, several states and the country’s largest industrial union are asking a federal court to stay until March consolidated litigation over EPA’s rollback of Obama-era facility safety mandates, with the goal of waiting for the Biden administration to take office and determine whether it will reverse the deregulatory action.
The Department of Energy (DOE) is completing a controversial rule that will categorically exclude liquified natural gas (LNG) export approvals from National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) review, a measure that might face a legal challenge depending on how the incoming Biden administration addresses the policy.
Drinking water utilities are outlining a number of principles EPA should adopt in its planned rule for making “improvements” to the way the agency conducts cost-benefit analysis for Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) policies, including more stakeholder involvement, greater transparency and community-level affordability analysis.
EPA’s Environmental Appeals Board (EAB) is upholding provisions in a Clean Water Act (CWA) discharge permit for the city and county of San Francisco that drew national attention, finding San Francisco has failed to meet its burden to win the board’s review of the water quality standards and sewer overflow provisions.
Phillippe Grandjean, the Harvard University scientist who has been studying the adverse effects of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) on those suffering from COVID-19, says that more data on the chemicals’ adverse immunological effects are urgently needed, especially as coronavirus vaccines begin to be administered.
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The non-profit Interstate Renewable Energy Council (IREC) has merged with The Solar Foundation (TSF) to promote workforce development in the clean energy sector, which already has a high but unmet demand for skilled workers and could see a major hike in job openings under President-elect Joe Biden’s ambitious climate agenda.
A bipartisan bill aimed at cleaning up marine plastics pollution has cleared both the Senate and House and is headed to President Donald Trump’s desk for signature, even though some environmental groups earlier this fall warned the legislation is a half measure that could delay more effective solutions to plastic waste.
Politicians, environmental groups and EPA are marking the 50th anniversary of the agency’s Dec. 2, 1970, launch with competing agendas for its next era, including aggressive plans for the impending Biden administration and Trump officials’ arguments for narrower federal authority.
A two-day virtual legal forum this week will highlight key Clean Water Act (CWA) issues, including the landmark high court ruling on groundwater pollution. Meanwhile, former EPA and other agency officials will debate the future of environmental policy in the coming years.
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