December 20, 2013 | Advocacy, CZARA, EPA, Lawsuits, Logging, NOAA, Nonpoint Sources, OR CZARA, Oregon, Oregon Coast, Uncategorized, Water Quality
Two federal agencies issued a proposed disapproval action of Oregon Coastal Pollution Control Program for Nonpoint sources on December 20, 2013, pursuant to a settlement of a lawsuit brought by Northwest Environmental Advocates in 2009. The case was brought under the...
May 28, 2013 | Advocacy, Agriculture, Comments, CZARA, EPA, Lawsuits, NOAA, Nonpoint Sources, OR CZARA, OR Dairies, OR Temperature, Oregon, Oregon Coast, Water Quality
With Oregon staring down a November 15, 2013 date on which two federal agencies must issue a proposed decision on the State’s coastal nonpoint pollution program, NWEA’s more recent letter describes Oregon’s nonpoint program failure to control agricultural pollution....
January 13, 2013 | CZARA, Lawsuits, Logging, Nonpoint Sources, OR CZARA, OR Temperature, Oregon, Oregon Coast, Water Quality
In their 2010 settlement with NWEA over Oregon logging practices on the coast, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) agreed to make an initial assessment of Oregon’s efforts to comply with the terms of the...
December 28, 2012 | Advocacy, Agriculture, Comments, CZARA, Lawsuits, Logging, NOAA, Nonpoint Sources, OR CZARA, OR Dairies, OR Temperature, OR_TMDLs, Oregon, Oregon Coast, Temperature, TMDLs, Water Quality
The most persistent source of water pollution in this country comes from nonpoint sources – the logging, farming, and grazing that doesn’t require a Clean Water Act permit to pollute. While Congress left nonpoint source pollution controls to the states, it passed the...
September 7, 2012 | Advocacy, CZARA, Endangered Species, Nonpoint Sources, OR CZARA, Oregon, Oregon Coast, Pesticides, Petitions, Salmon, Toxics, Water Quality
In August, Northwest Environmental Advocates filed a petition with the Oregon Environmental Quality Commission (a board that makes rules for the Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ)). DEQ is taking public comment on whether to grant the petition – until September...
August 10, 2012 | Advocacy, CZARA, Endangered Species, Nonpoint Sources, OR CZARA, Oregon, Oregon Coast, Pesticides, Petitions, Salmon, Toxics, Water Quality
Citing the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s refusal to protect threatened and endangered species from pesticides, Northwest Environmental Advocates (NWEA) petitioned Oregon’s Environmental Quality Commission today to adopt new rules restricting the use of...
