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Federal Agencies Disapprove Oregon Coastal Nonpoint Pollution Program

January 30, 2015 | Agriculture, CZARA, EPA, Lawsuits, Logging, NOAA, Nonpoint Sources, OR CZARA, OR Temperature, Oregon, Oregon Coast, Water Quality

Poor Logging Practices Cause Agencies to Disapprove Oregon Coastal NonPoint Pollution Program. Oregon’s coastal nonpoint pollution program was disapproved by federal agencies today based on the state’s poor logging practices, as a result of a 2009 lawsuit...

Ballast Water Appeal Goes to NY

January 30, 2015 | Advocacy, Ballast Water, Clean Water Act, EPA, Invasive Species, Lawsuits, National, NPDES Permits

Federal Appeals Court in New York to Hear Oral Argument in Ballast Water Appeal  On Friday, January 30, the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, located in New York, will hear oral argument in a challenge to the legality of the U.S. Environmental...

NWEA Continues Fight on Invasive Species

August 6, 2014 | Advocacy, Ballast Water, Clean Water Act, EPA, Invasive Species, Lawsuits, National, NPDES Permits

On Friday, August 1st NWEA filed yet another a legal brief challenging EPA’s failure to adequately restrict invasive species in ships’ ballast water discharges.  Fifteen years and four lawsuits later, NWEA continues its fight to stop invasive species from destroying...

Water Quality Trading an Oregon Failure

July 21, 2014 | Clean Water Act, EPA, NPDES Permits, OR NPDES, OR Temperature, OR Trading, OR_TMDLs, Oregon, Water Pollution Trading, Water Quality

NWEA has just released an extensive letter from Executive Director, Nina Bell, to Region 10 of the U.S. EPA, dated July 17, 2014, that examines Oregon’s water quality trading program. In the letter, Ms. Bell details the many deficiencies plaguing the Oregon program...

Feds find Idaho Toxic Standards Pose Jeopardy to Salmon

July 5, 2014 | Advocacy, Arsenic, Clean Water Act, Copper, Cyanide, EPA, ID Copper, ID WQS, Idaho, Lawsuits, Mercury, Salmon, Toxics, Water Quality, Water Quality Standards

In response to a lawsuit filed by NWEA in June 2013, the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) on May 7, 2014 issued a biological opinion (“BiOp”) finding Idaho toxic standards pose jeopardy to salmon and other threatened and endangered species. The...

EPA Supports NWEA’s On Dumping Hot Water Into Hyporheic Zones

March 31, 2014 | Clean Water Act, EPA, NPDES Permits, OR NPDES, OR Temperature, Oregon, Temperature, Water Quality

In July 2013, NWEA sent a letter to EPA Region 10 in Seattle asking the agency to weigh in on the Oregon practice of letting – even encouraging – municipal dischargers to dump their wastes into hyporheic zones of rivers.  These hyporheic zones are where cold...
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