The settlement by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Washington Department of Ecology with the Portland, OR-based Northwest Environmental Advocates (NWEA), sets in motion new salmon protections from pollution from such sources as logging
Contains the documents related to the expired water pollution discharge permits.
This package contains the following documents; Zombie Permit Fact Sheet, News Release, and Court Order.
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.