22 May, 2024 Clean Energy Developers Beware! EPA will prosecute you for runoff from your solar farm sites. By Jeff Porter EPA issued a press release yesterday that caught my eye and if you're in the business of building things, including solar projects, it is...
11 Jan, 2024 Another PFAS Clean Water Act Citizen Suit and there may be thousands more of these fish in the barrel. By Jeff Porter Lara Beaven of Inside PFAS Policy is reporting on another PFAS citizen suit under the Federal Clean Water Act. This one, by Tennessee...
10 Jan, 2024 The Navy is going to get a Clean Water Act NPDES permit authorizing its firing of munitions. What's next? By Jeff Porter Sam Hess of Inside EPA is reporting that the U.S. Navy has agreed to apply for a Federal Clean Water Act NPDES permit authorizing the...
29 Aug, 2023 I'm not sold on EPA's explanation for why it says "if" it designates PFOA and PFOS as hazardous substances rather than "when" By Jeff Porter One of the two things in EPA's National Enforcement and Compliance Initiative for PFAS that caught my eye also caught the eye of Suzanne...
23 Aug, 2023 I guess it makes sense that the Navy would need a Clean Water Act permit to fire munitions if the Forest Service needs one to fight fires! By Jeff Porter Inside EPA is reporting that Potomac Riverkeeper and the United States Navy are discussing a settlement of the NGO's lawsuit alleging...
11 Aug, 2023 Was invoking the major questions doctrine really necessary for a 4th Circuit panel to agree fish aren't pollutants covered by the Clean Water Act? By Jeff Porter This week, in North Carolina Coastal Fisheries Reform Group, et al., v. Capt. Gaston LLC, a three judge panel of the Fourth Circuit Court...
10 May, 2023 Shooting fish in a barrel: Why I'm surprised the courts haven't already been flooded with PFAS Clean Water Act Citizen Suits. By Jeff Porter Bloomberg Environment reports that a Georgia NGO has sued a textile manufacturer and the town in which the manufacturer is located over...