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EPA Region 6 announced that it will not reissue a NPDES general permit for the final beneficial reuse or disposal of municipal sewage sludge in Louisiana.
EPA Region 6 announced that it will not reissue a NPDES general permit for the final beneficial reuse or disposal of municipal sewage sludge in Louisiana.
EPA Region 2 determined that adequate facilities for the safe and sanitary removal and treatment of sewage from all vessels are reasonably available for the New York State areas of the Long Island Sound.
EPA withdrew the federal aquatic life water quality criteria applicable to certain waters of the Great Lakes system in Wisconsin in favor of state-designated criteria.
EPA released a final report entitled, Aquatic Ecosystems, Water Quality, and Global Change: Challenges of Conducting Multi-Stressor Vulnerability Assessments.
EPA announced the establishment of a federal Underground Injection Control Class VI Program for carbon dioxide geologic sequestration wells.
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation, and Enforcement proposed amendments that require operators to develop and implement additional provisions in their safety and environmental management systems programs for oil, gas, and sulphur operations in the outer continental shelf.
United States v. Links at Columbia, LP, No. 2:11-cv-04232-NKL (W.D. Mo. Aug. 31, 2011). Settling CWA defendants that violated NPDES stormwater permit requirements at a residential development in Columbia, Missouri, must pay a $430,000 civil penalty.
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation, and Enforcement increased the maximum daily civil penalty assessment for OCSLA violations to $40,000 and the maximum daily civil penalty assessment for violations of its financial responsibility regulations to $30,000.
EPA approved 11 alternative testing methods for use in measuring the levels of contaminants in drinking water.
DOE amended until no later than December 31, 2012, the compliance dates for manufacturers to submit certification reports for commercial refrigeration equipment; commercial heating, ventilating, air- conditioning equipment; commercial water heating equipment; and automatic commercial ice makers under the Energy Policy and Conservation Act of 1975.