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Former PWSA supervisor pleads guilty to conspiracy in sludge release case

Former PWSA Supervisor Charged with Violating the Clean Water Act

Another former PWSA supervisor charged with violating Clean Water Act

Pamplin Media Group - Claim: Portland oil facility breaks law every time it rains

January 12 2021 Willamette, Columbia Riverkeepers plan to sue Zenith Energy for violating the Clean Water Act in federal court. Unpermitted construction at a crude oil shipping terminal on the banks of the Willamette River violated federal laws protecting several Oregon waterways from runoff pollution, two environmental groups claim. The Riverkeeper groups for the Willamette and Columbia rivers announced their intentions to sue Zenith Energy Terminal Holdings, which operates the sprawling oil train unloading facility at 5501 N.W. Front Ave. in Portland, for impermissibly discharging pollutants since at least last April. The pollution allegedly happens every time rain flows off the property into the river. In drizzly Rose City, that happened roughly 90 times every time more than 0.1 inches of precipitation fell in a 24-hour period the groups claim.

EPA Publishes Draft Guidance On Applying Supreme Court's Decision In County Of Maui v. Hawaii Wildlife Fund - Environment

To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently published draft guidance on how to apply the functional equivalent test created by the Supreme Court in County of Maui v. Hawaii Wildlife Fund, 140 S. Ct. 1462 (2020). The functional equivalent test is intended to help determine if a Clean Water Act permit is needed when pollutants are discharged to groundwater before reaching navigable waters. The draft guidance reiterates threshold conditions that must be satisfied to trigger the need for a Clean Water Act permit and introduces a new factor relevant to the functional