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...
February 23, 2014 | Advocacy, Clean Water Act, Endangered Species, EPA, Lawsuits, Puget Sound, Salmon, Toxics, WA Temperature, WA WQS, Washington, Water Quality, Water Quality Standards
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 failure to consult under the Endangered Species Act on its approval of...
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...
July 30, 2013 | Advocacy, Clean Water Act, EPA, NPDES Permits, OR NPDES, OR Temperature, Oregon, Temperature, Water Quality
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 supposed to be protected as thermal refuges for the protection of salmon, as...
May 28, 2013 | Advocacy, Agriculture, Comments, CZARA, EPA, Lawsuits, NOAA, Nonpoint Sources, OR CZARA, OR Dairies, OR Temperature, Oregon, Oregon Coast, Water Quality
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 describes Oregon’s nonpoint program failure to control agricultural pollution....
April 11, 2013 | Advocacy, Antidegradation, Clean Water Act, EPA, Lawsuits, OR Temperature, OR WQS, Oregon, Salmon, Temperature, Water Quality 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 – one in January and the second in April – in which the court has...
