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Forcing Agencies to Control Oregon Logging Pollution

July 2, 2015 | Advocacy, CZARA, Lawsuits, Logging, NOAA, Nonpoint Sources, OR CZARA, Oregon, Oregon Coast, Water Quality

There are new developments as NWEA tries to force federal and state agencies to control Oregon logging pollution using a federal law known as CZARA. As the long saga continues, it’s getting increasingly stranger. In 2010, two federal agencies agreed—in an order signed...

EPA’s Early Involvement Needed in Oregon Water Quality Trading

February 22, 2015 | Advocacy, Agriculture, EPA, NPDES Permits, OR NPDES, OR Temperature, OR Trading, Oregon, Water Pollution Trading, Water Quality

NWEA and NEDC  Urge EPA’s Early Involvement in Oregon Water Quality Trading Rules Citing grave concerns about Oregon’s Clean Water Act permitting program, NWEA and the Northwest Environmental Defense Center (NEDC) sent a letter to the U.S. EPA asking for its early...

EPA, Issue Standards For Oregon Toxics Or Else!

February 12, 2015 | Advocacy, Clean Water Act, Copper, Endangered Species, EPA, Lawsuits, OR Copper, OR WQS, Oregon, Salmon, Toxics, Water Quality Standards

NWEA sends “Notice of Intent” to file Lawsuit over Oregon Toxics. NWEA informed the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today to expect a lawsuit in 60 days due to its failure to ensure Oregon toxics standards protect threatened and endangered...

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...
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