Environmentalists informed the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today to expect a lawsuit in 60 days due to its failure to ensure Oregon has standards to protect threatened and endangered salmon from toxic chemicals.
Responding to a lawsuit filed by environmentalists in 2009, today two federal agencies disapproved the State of Oregon’s coastal pollution control program as inadequate to protect water quality
Puget Sound Compliant News Release January 14, 2016
In a sweeping decision, the Court held that EPA’s permit failed to establish permit limits that meet the requirements of the Clean Water Act.t
U.S. EPA agrees to promulgate federal standards for toxics in Oregon waters.
Two federal environmental agencies have slashed Oregon’s federal grant funding by $1.2 million because the state has failed to protect water quality from logging activities in coastal watersheds.