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Special Master Appointed in Florida v. Georgia “Water Wars” and New ACT Lawsuits
Posted on 16 Mar 2015 by Troutman Sanders

By William Droze , Angela Levin , and Kate Warihay , Attorneys, Troutman Sanders LLP The tri-state water wars continue to divide the Southeast as litigation moves forward. In Georgia, two river basins supply water to metropolitan Atlanta—the... Read More

Tags: Flint , Coosa , rivers , Alabama , Tallapoosa , water , Apalachicola , Chattahoochee

Jenner & Block: Army Corps Proposes New Controls To Protect Great Lakes From Evasive Aquatic Species
Posted on 6 Feb 2013 by E. Lynn Grayson

By E. Lynn Grayson , Partner, Jenner & Block The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) recently released an updated list of controls it has identified for preventing the transfer of aquatic nuisance species (ANS) between the Great Lakes and the... Read More

Tags: Jenner Block , rivers , evasive species , Great Lakes , nuisance species , Lynn Grayson , lakes

EPA finalizes mountaintop mining guidance for Appalachia
Posted on 6 Aug 2011 by Thomas H. Clarke, Jr.

EPA issued final guidance concerning environmental permitting regulations for mountaintop mining in Appalachia, maintaining the strengthened requirements it set out in the earlier interim guidance that was released on April 1, 2010. A summary of the... Read More

Tags: Water Supply , mountaintop , coal-fired power plants , rivers , toxic wastes , water sheds , mining , toxic substances , water pollution , Clean Water Act , Coal mining , EPA

Ninth Circuit rules that owners of storm water systems (e.g., cities, counties, districts) are liable for discharges of polluted stormwater into rivers and ocean
Posted on 11 Mar 2011 by Thomas H. Clarke, Jr.

It is well known that stormwater gathers a variety of pollutants as it flows across the landscape and even through stormwater drainage systems. See, for example, http://cfpub.epa.gov/npdes/home.cfm?program_id=6 and http://www.epa.gov/owow_keep/NPS/index... Read More

Tags: bacteria , E. coli , contaminants , oil pollution , hazardous , toxicity , stormwater , rainfall , liability , pollution , creeks , aquifers , Hazardous Waste , water treatment , CWA , wastewater , rivers , environmental law , contaminant , Water Quality , storms , storm water runoff , water , weather , waste , systems , Clean Water Act , clean water , standards

EPA finalizes mountaintop mining guidance for Appalachia
Posted on 6 Aug 2011 by Thomas H. Clarke, Jr.

EPA issued final guidance concerning environmental permitting regulations for mountaintop mining in Appalachia, maintaining the strengthened requirements it set out in the earlier interim guidance that was released on April 1, 2010. A summary of the... Read More

Tags: Water Supply , mountaintop , coal-fired power plants , rivers , toxic wastes , water sheds , mining , toxic substances , water pollution , Clean Water Act , Coal mining , EPA

Decker v. Northwest Environmental Defense Center makes some interesting points on the scope and interpretation of the CWA
Posted on 27 Mar 2013 by Thomas H. Clarke, Jr.

In Decker v. Northwest Envtl. Def. Ctr ., 2013 U.S. LEXIS 2373 (3/20/13), the Court addressed stormwater runoff from logging roads in Oregon. Georgia-Pacific et al used two logging roads from which rainwater runs off into ditches, culverts, and channels... Read More

Tags: stormwater , sediment , Decker , CWA , rivers , logging , roads , streams , runoff , NPDES , Northwest Environmental Defense Center , clean water , interpretation , EPA , regulations