WA CZARA Stipulated Order
Effective upon the date of entry of this Stipulated Order of Dismissal, EPA’s 2015 Approval of Washington’s 2015 Submission is remanded without vacatur to EPA, for reconsideration as provided for in Paragraphs 3, 4, and 7;
NWEA v EPA Idaho WQS Stipulated Order of Partial Dismissal
Within three years of the Court’s entry of this Stipulated Partial Dismissal, EPA will complete an effects determination pursuant to 50 C.F.R. § 402.14(a) for its May 22, 2008 approval of Idaho’s revisions to its spawning timing procedure in IDAPA 58.01.02.250.02(f) and, as appropriate, request initiation of any necessary ESA section 7 consultation with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and/or the National Marine Fisheries Service.
Oregon TMDL Notice of Intent (NOI) April 2021
This letter provides notice that Northwest Environmental Advocates (“NWEA”) intends to file suit against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”), the EPA Administrator, and the EPA Regional Administrator for Region 10 for violating their mandatory duties relating to the development and implementation of total maximum daily loads (“TMDLs”) in the State of Oregon.
Oregon TMDL Complaint News Release August 2021
News Release outlining the complaint filed in federal court regarding EPA’s and Oregon’s failure to follow the mandates of the Clean Water Act.
NWEA Complaint Oregon TMDLs August 2021
Through this action, Northwest Environmental Advocates (“NWEA”) challenges the failure of the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”), and Acting EPA Regional Administrator Michelle Pirzadeh, to ensure the protection and restoration of fresh and marine waters of the State of Oregon in violation of the mandates of the Clean Water Act and EPA’s implementing regulations.
NWEA v NMFS Columbia Refugia 2021 Complaint
Actions taken by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) related to its proposed approval of water quality standards developed by the State of Oregon under the federal Clean Water Act (“CWA”) for temperature and intragravel dissolved oxygen run the risk of jeopardizing threatened and endangered species that depend upon habitat of the Willamette and Columbia Rivers. Specifically, EPA’s actions impact Lower Columbia River Chinook salmon (“LCR Chinook”), Upper Willamette River Chinook salmon (“UWR Chinook”), Lower Columbia River steelhead (“LCR steelhead”), Middle Columbia River steelhead (“MCR steelhead”), Upper Columbia River steelhead (“UCR steelhead”), and Upper Willamette River steelhead (“UWR steelhead”) (collectively, “imperiled salmon and steelhead” or the “impacted species”)—among the Pacific Northwest’s iconic salmonid species that depend on cold, clean water for their survival