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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...

Will Oregon Keep Freshwater Mussels from Extinction?

November 11, 2014 | Advocacy, Ammonia, Clean Water Act, Lawsuits, OR WQS, Oregon, Species, Toxics, Water Quality

Are freshwater mussels likely to become the next species on the brink of extinction and the new beacon of water quality problems in the Northwest?  NWEA recently submitted comments demonstrating that freshwater mussels are a rapid decline and their loss puts entire...

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...

Dairy Cow Manure and the Oregon Fiction

July 20, 2014 | Agriculture, CAFO, Clean Water Act, Comments, Dairies, Nonpoint Sources, NPDES Permits, OR Dairies, OR NPDES, Oregon, Water Quality

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 strict that apparently almost nothing is ever discharged to...
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