Oregon CZARA: EPA NOAA Decision Letter
Oregon CZARA Decision Letter by EPA and NOAA dated January, 2015
Deschutes River TMDL: EPA Action
NWEA Lawsuit Forces EPA Action on Deschutes River Clean-Up Plan After failing to either approve or disapprove the Washington Department of Ecology’s Deschutes River TMDL clean-up plan for two and a half years, EPA partially approved and partially disapproved the plan in response to the court order in the NWEA case. EPA approved most of the clean-up plans for temperature pollution but it disapproved those for dissolved oxygen, pH, fine sediment, and bacteria. EPA is now on the hook to develop replacements for those plans it disapproved. The Clean Water Act gives the agency 30 days.
EPA Revised Response to NWEA Petition
EPA is providing a revised response to NWEA’s APA rulemaking petition in three parts in accordance with the terms of the proposed modified order.
EPA WA ALC Determination
This letter constitutes the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator’s Determination (Determination), pursuant to Clean Water Act (CWA) Section 303(c)(4)(B), that new and revised water quality standards (WQS) in Washington are necessary to satisfy the requirements of the CWA.