Clean Water Act (CWA)
89 FR 21924
03/28/2024
Update Type
Final Rules

EPA finalized facility response plan requirements for worst case discharges of CWA hazardous substances for onshore non-transportation-related facilities that could reasonably be expected to cause substantial harm to the environment by discharging a CWA hazardous substance into or on the navigable waters, adjoining shorelines, or exclusive economic zone. 

Volume
54
Issue
5
Update Volume
54
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10
89 FR 20200
03/21/2024
Update Type
Notices

EPA announced the availability of its final general NPDES permit for water discharges from facilities classified as low threat located in the Navajo Nation.

Volume
54
Issue
5
Update Volume
54
Update Issue
10
Virginia: Water
March 2024
Volume
54
Issue
5
Update Volume
54
Update Issue
9

The State Water Control Board amended and reissued the Virginia Pollutant Discharge Elimination System general permit for discharges of stormwater associated with industrial activity.

89 FR 19358
03/18/2024
Update Type
Notices

United States v. General Recycling of Washington, LLC, No. 2:24-cv-00329 (W.D. Wash. Mar. 12, 2024). Under a proposed consent decree, settling CERCLA, CWA, and OPA defendants must construct, monitor, and maintain a habitat restoration project and pay a total of $360,558.12 for assessment costs in connection with natural resource damages caused by releases of hazardous substances and discharges of oil from facilities located near the Lower Duwamish River. 

Volume
54
Issue
5
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54
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10
89 FR 18669
03/14/2024
Update Type
Notices

United States v. Crowley Marine Services, Inc., No. 2:24-cv-00307 (W.D. Wash. Mar. 7, 2024). Under a proposed consent decree, settling CERCLA, CWA, and OPA defendants must purchase credits in a habitat restoration project constructed along the Lower Duwamish River, pay a total of $210,000 for natural resource damages, and pay $64,325.63 to reimburse assessment costs in connection with natural resource damages caused by releases of hazardous substances and discharges of oil from facilities located along and near the river. 

Volume
54
Issue
5
Update Volume
54
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9
89 FR 15868
03/05/2024
Update Type
Notices

EPA Region 4 reissued the NPDES general permit for existing and new sources and new dischargers in the offshore subcategory of the oil and gas extraction point source category located and discharging to the outer continental shelf of the eastern Gulf of Mexico.

Volume
54
Issue
5
Update Volume
54
Update Issue
8
Maine: Water
February 2024
Volume
54
Issue
4
Update Volume
54
Update Issue
6

The Department of Environmental Protection adopted a new rule governing cooling water intake structures.

89 FR 12837
02/20/2024
Update Type
Notices

EPA seeks comment on draft guidance to clarify and inform future NPDES permitting actions for communities with combined sewer systems. 

Volume
54
Issue
4
Update Volume
54
Update Issue
6

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