Oregon TMDLs Court Opinions Summary

Three documents must be read together to understand the court’s opinion in NWEA’s case challenging 14 Oregon temperature TMDLs and the Willamette River Mercury TMDL.

Federal court orders Oregon Act on Cleanup Plans

Oregon and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) have eight years in which to replace defective water pollution clean-up plans that allow temperatures lethal to salmon in some of the state€™s key river basins, a federal court ordered late Tuesday. U.S. District Court Judge Marco A. Hernández ordered the agencies to place a higher priority on completing clean-up plans that affect the most pollution dischargers regulated by Clean Water Act permits. n some of the state€™s key river basins, a federal court ordered late Tuesday. U.S. District Court Judge Marco A. Hernández ordered the agencies to place a higher priority on completing clean-up plans that affect the most pollution dischargers regulated by Clean Water Act permits.

Court Order Oregon TMDLs June 2019

Court Order Oregon TMDLs June 2019.  Oregon and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) have eight years in which to replace defective water pollution clean-up plans that allow temperatures lethal to salmon in some of the state€™s key river basins, a federal court ordered late Tuesday. U.S. District Court Judge Marco A. Hernández ordered the agencies to place a higher priority on completing clean-up plans that affect the most pollution dischargers regulated by Clean Water Act permits.

FOIA Complaint Washington Toxic WQS Petition

This FOIA Complaint alleges the U.S. EPA violated the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) in responding to a FOIA request and administrative FOIA appeal submitted by Northwest Environmental Advocates (NWEA).

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