March 28, 2014 | Advocacy, Agriculture, Comments, CZARA, EPA, Frogs, Lawsuits, Logging, NOAA, Nonpoint Sources, OR CZARA, OR Dairies, OR Temperature, Oregon, Oregon Coast, Salamanders, Salmon, Water Quality
Working with the Washington Forest Law Center, NWEA submitted extensive comments on the federal government’s proposed disapproval of Oregon’s Coastal Nonpoint Pollution Control Program. The comments support the proposed disapproval, focusing primarily on Oregon’s...
January 13, 2014 | Agriculture, CZARA, EPA, Lawsuits, Logging, NOAA, Nonpoint Sources, OR CZARA, OR Temperature, Oregon, Oregon Coast, Water Quality
Have you wondered about the truth of the State of Oregon’s assertions regarding the federal government’s proposal to disapprove the state’s coastal nonpoint pollution program? If so, you have good reason because Oregon tried a...
December 20, 2013 | Advocacy, CZARA, EPA, Lawsuits, Logging, NOAA, Nonpoint Sources, OR CZARA, Oregon, Oregon Coast, Uncategorized, Water Quality
Two federal agencies issued a proposed disapproval action of Oregon Coastal Pollution Control Program for Nonpoint sources on December 20, 2013, pursuant to a settlement of a lawsuit brought by Northwest Environmental Advocates in 2009. The case was brought under the...
January 13, 2013 | CZARA, Lawsuits, Logging, Nonpoint Sources, OR CZARA, OR Temperature, Oregon, Oregon Coast, Water Quality
In their 2010 settlement with NWEA over Oregon logging practices on the coast, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) agreed to make an initial assessment of Oregon’s efforts to comply with the terms of the...
December 28, 2012 | Advocacy, Agriculture, Comments, CZARA, Lawsuits, Logging, NOAA, Nonpoint Sources, OR CZARA, OR Dairies, OR Temperature, OR_TMDLs, Oregon, Oregon Coast, Temperature, TMDLs, Water Quality
The most persistent source of water pollution in this country comes from nonpoint sources – the logging, farming, and grazing that doesn’t require a Clean Water Act permit to pollute. While Congress left nonpoint source pollution controls to the states, it passed the...
December 28, 2012 | Advocacy, Clean Water Act, Lawsuits, Logging, National, Nonpoint Sources, Oregon, Water Quality
The U.S. Supreme Court recently heard arguments on whether industrial logging roads should have Clean Water Act permits like other pollution discharge sources. After all, we require a wide range of activities that eventually funnel pollution through a pipe or ditch...
