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Posts Tagged “Npdes”
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Supreme Court Offers Comfort to Owners of Dams and Water Control Facilities
January 15, 2013In a ruling that has important implications for the hydropower industry, municipal water control systems, and dam owners everywhere, the U.S. Supreme Court strongly affirmed an earlier holding that a "discharge of a pollutant" as regulated by the Clean Water Act does not occur when polluted water flows from an improved, man-made portion of a navigable water way into an unimproved portion of the same waterway.
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EPA Pushes Back on Stormwater Discharges from Logging Roads
December 10, 2012The EPA has revised its Phase I stormwater regulations to say that a NPDES permit is not required for stormwater discharges from logging roads. The EPA says it did not intend for logging roads to be regulated as industrial facilities, and so in light of NEDC, it has revised its rules to clarify the Agency’s intent.
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North Carolina Chicken Farm Fights NPDES Permit for Air Emissions
April 23, 2012In a novel approach to water quality regulation, the North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has required a large chicken farm to obtain a Clean Water Act NPDES permit in an attempt to regulate air… Read More » -
Runoff from Logging Road Needs a Permit
August 24, 2011A recent court decision has reversed the regulation that excluded logging road runoff from needing a discharge permit under the Clean Water Act. Previously the EPA’s Silviculture Rule defined a limited class of logging activities as “nonpoint source… Read More » -
Michigan and EPA Delay Issuance of Pesticide Discharge Permits
April 20, 2011Michigan has announced that due to repeated delays in the issuance of EPA’s long-expected NPDES Pesticide General Permit and because the final language in those permits remains uncertain, the state will likewise delay issuance of its own pesticide… Read More »