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Federal Court Vacates Oregon’s Water Quality Temperature Standards

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...

Oregon cheating on water quality trading program

March 16, 2013 | Advocacy, EPA, NPDES Permits, OR NPDES, OR Temperature, OR Trading, Oregon, Temperature, Water Pollution Trading, Water Quality

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 climate change credit initiative. In the Pacific Northwest pollution credit...

Fed Agency Calls for Stream Buffer on Agriculture Lands

March 10, 2013 | Agriculture, Nonpoint Sources, WA CZARA, WA Temperature, Washington, Water Quality

 In January 2013 the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) sent two other federal agencies a letter regarding the need for riparian stream buffers along streams in western Washington agricultural lands. The letter includes NMFS’s recommendation for minimum buffers...

Federal Agencies Criticize Oregon Logging Reform Efforts

January 13, 2013 | CZARA, Lawsuits, Logging, Nonpoint Sources, OR CZARA, OR Temperature, Oregon, Oregon Coast, Water Quality

In their 2010 settlement with NWEA over Oregon logging practices on the coast, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) agreed to make an initial assessment of Oregon’s efforts to comply with the terms of the...
Idaho Water Quality Standards Subject to Pending Legal Action

Idaho Water Quality Standards Subject to Pending Legal Action

December 29, 2012 | ID WQS, Advocacy, Clean Water Act, Endangered Species, ID Copper, ID Temperature, Idaho, Lawsuits, Salmon, Toxics, Water Quality Standards

Federal Agencies Fail to review Idaho Clean Water Standards Update May 15, 2013: By letter dated May 13, 2013 NWEA added additional claims to its lawsuit against EPA over its failure to consult under the Endangered Species Act on Idaho water quality standards....

NWEA Sues EPA for Approving Temperature Clean-Up Plans (TMDLs)

December 29, 2012 | Advocacy, Clean Water Act, Lawsuits, Mercury, OR Temperature, OR WQS, OR_TMDLs, Oregon, Temperature, TMDLs, Water Quality Standards

Following the February 2012 federal court ruling in our Temperature Standards lawsuit that Oregon could not automatically change its water quality standards without federal agency approval, NWEA filed a challenge to the results of Oregon’s use of that provision.  All...
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