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WA water quality standards for toxics not adequate to protect human health
WA water quality standards for toxics not adequate to protect human health
NWEA filed a petition with EPA today asking that the EPA Administrator make a formal “determination” pursuant to the ...
Lawsuit on Idaho Water Quality Standards Expanded to Include EPA
On September 24, NWEA amended its lawsuit concerning Idaho’s water quality standards against federal fish and wildlife agencies to include the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Consistent ...
Letter Takes WA Governor to Task Over Advisory Group
In a letter sent to Washington Governor Jay Inslee on September 13, NWEA took the Governor to task for setting up a process to bring yet more political influence to the already fraught ...
EPA Issues Damning Critique of Oregon’s Water Quality Anti-Degradation Policies
Concluding the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) does not have its existing house in order to protect water quality, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a ...
NWEA to EPA: Are Hyporheic Zones for Cooling Fish or Discharges?
In a letter to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on July 26th, NWEA asked the federal agency to consider why Oregon dischargers are being allowed to use hyporheic zones, which are ...
Lawsuit Filed over Idaho Toxics
NWEA filed a lawsuit over Idaho toxics standards because a 17 year delay by federal fish and wildlife agencies in reviewing the state's water quality standards is unlawful. The lawsuit against ...
NWEA resigns from Washington process to adopt new criteria for toxics
NWEA resigned from the Washington Department of Ecology’s process to adopt new human health criteria for toxics today. NWEA was the last remaining participant not affiliated with pollution ...
NWEA Highlights Oregon’s Failure to Control Agricultural Pollution
With Oregon staring down a November 15, 2013 date on which two federal agencies must issue a proposed decision on the State’s coastal nonpoint pollution program, NWEA’s more recent letter ...
Wireless networks the new energy hogs
With rapid growth wireless networks will soon pass data centers as energy hogs, that's the finding of a new report from researchers in Australia. According to Melbourne's Centre for Energy ...
Federal Court Vacates Oregon’s Water Quality Temperature Standards
Over a year after a federal court ruled in NWEA’s favor on key provisions of Oregon's water quality temperature standards, an agreement between NWEA and EPA has resulted in two court orders – ...
EPA Again Fails to Control Invasive Species from Ship Discharges
EPA has issued its second national permit to control invasive species from ship discharges and the result is not much better than the first permit. The national permit, known as the Vessel ...
Oregon cheating on water quality trading program
Pollution credit trading is a new idea that is already badly tarnished. Many examples of abuses exist, including an increase in production of dangerous gases in response to a United Nations ...