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Dairy Cow Manure and the Oregon Fiction
Oregon has a problem with dairy cow manure, it's sprayed on fields, leaks from piles, and is dumped into rivers. But on paper, this manure is covered by a Clean Water Act discharge permit so ...
Columbia Generating Station Waste Discharges to Columbia River Challenged
The nuclear power plant formerly known as WPPSS No. 2, now called the Columbia Generating Station (CGS), has a permit to discharge wastes to the Hanford Reach of the Columbia River. A nuclear ...
Feds find Idaho Toxic Standards Pose Jeopardy to Salmon
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 ...
EPA Supports NWEA’s On Dumping Hot Water Into Hyporheic Zones
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 ...
Expert Declarations On Oregon Coastal Forestry and Agricultural Pollution
NWEA recently commissioned two expert declarations on how Oregon coastal logging and farming are affecting water quality. Dr. Chris Frissell’s declaration addresses the effects of logging on ...
NWEA’s Comments on Oregon’s Coastal Nonpoint Pollution Program
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 ...
Challenge to EPA Ballast Water Permit Filed
The never ending fight to stop invasive species from ballast water permit.
Hard to believe NWEA started working on the Ballast Water issue, to prevent the discharge of invasive species from ...
EPA Failure to Act Under the ESA for 20 Years Brings Action by NWEA
EPA Failure brings into question Washington’s water quality standards.
In a sweeping case that addresses a wide variety of pollutants – from temperature to toxics – NWEA has challenged EPA’s ...
New Fire Risks in Nuclear Plants Spent Fuel Pools
NWEA Joins in Petition to NRC Seeking New Rules to prevent Fires in Spent Fuel Pools.
Thirty-four organizations have petitioned the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission seeking new rules to ...
Oregon’s Coastal Nonpoint Pollution Program – Fact and Fiction
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 ...
Fed Agencies Heed NWEA, Propose Disapproval of Oregon Coastal Pollution Program
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 ...
Water Quality Trading Update
EPA has provided a response to NWEA’s March 2013 FOIA request on water quality trading. The FOIA documents are posted here. At this time we have not identified documents of particular ...