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Stalled Plans for Deschutes River Clean-up Brings New Court Action

Stalled Plans for Deschutes River Clean-up Brings New Court Action

November 8, 2018 | Puget Sound, EPA, Featured, WA TMDLs, Washington

Taking the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to court for a second time over stalled plans for cleaning up Washington’s Deschutes River, an environmental group criticized the agency’s foot-dragging in a lawsuit filed today.  The new suit asserts that EPA...
EPA Forced to Act on Deschutes River Clean-Up Plan

EPA Forced to Act on Deschutes River Clean-Up Plan

July 24, 2018 | Lawsuits, EPA, Puget Sound, WA Temperature, WA TMDLs, Water Quality

NWEA Lawsuit Forces EPA Action on Deschutes River Clean-Up After failing to either approve or disapprove the Deschutes River TMDL clean-up plan developed by Washington Department of Ecology’s  for two and a half years, EPA partially approved and partially disapproved...
Lawsuit Challenges EPA’S Stall of Deschutes River Clean-Up Plan

Lawsuit Challenges EPA’S Stall of Deschutes River Clean-Up Plan

November 6, 2017 | Lawsuits, Clean Water Act, Dissolved Oxygen, Puget Sound, WA TMDLs

Why a Deschutes River Clean-Up Plan? NWEA has challenged the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) unlawful stalling of Washington’s Deschutes River clean-up plan. NWEA filed the lawsuit because EPA has failed for nearly two years to approve or disapprove...
NWEA Petition Seeks Control of Puget Sound Sewage Discharges

NWEA Petition Seeks Control of Puget Sound Sewage Discharges

October 10, 2017 | Petitions, Clean Water Act, Nutrients, Ocean Acidification, Puget Sound, WA NPDES, WA TMDLs, Water Quality

NWEA has submitted a petition for rulemaking to the Washington Department of Ecology that seeks to control nitrogen pollution from sewage discharges into Puget Sound. The demand for a TMDL clean-up plan is contained in a formal 77-page petition that requests Ecology...
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