ADVERTISEMENT The Navigable Waters Protection Rule has resulted in a 25 percentage point reduction in determinations of waters that would otherwise be afforded protection, Pinkham said.
The Biden administration was widely expected to make changes to the Trump policy, but Wednesday’s announcement represents a formal step to get there, with the Justice Department asking a court to send the rule back to the agency for new rulemaking.
In its request, which doesn t ask for the existing to be vacated, government lawyers argued that this course of action would allow them to avoid taking positions that might appear to pre-judge issues that will be reconsidered through notice-and-comment rulemaking.
Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced that the New York State Environmental Facilities Corporation Board of Directors has approved $94 million in grants, interest-free loans, and low-cost loans to support vital drinking water and wastewater infrastructure projects across New York State. The FY 2022 Enacted Budget adds a $500 million appropriation to support clean water, raising the State s total investment to $4 billion and continuing to fulfill the State s $5 billion clean water commitment. Clean water is essential to not only the public health but also present and future prosperity,
Governor Cuomo said. The State of New York will continue to commit our efforts and resources to these water treatment projects for the long-term benefits of our families, communities and future generations.
Colorado Springs officials want to continue their aggressive campaign to overhaul the city’s drainage system, and that will take more money. A lot more.
Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife rejects fish passage waiver, putting project on hold
A fish passage waiver was all that stood in the way of the city of Prineville and Ochoco Irrigation District moving forward on a hydroelectric power project on Bowman Dam.
That waiver was denied by Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife last fall, so the two local entities officially pulled the plug earlier this month, terminating its Federal Energy Regulatory Commission preliminary permit. It s unfortunate, said City Engineer Eric Klann.
Since passage of the Crooked River Collaborative Water Security and Jobs Act paved the way for hydropower generation on Bowman Dam, city and OID officials had been trying to get approval to build a 3-megawatt plant on the dam. The project cleared most hurdles but still needed to account for the affect the dam will have on fish passage along the river.
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.