Tag: EPA
Groups ask US Supreme Court to hear EPA-Chesapeake Bay case
The Pa. Farm Bureau is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to hear an appeal of a federal court decision that upholds the EPA’s implementation of a TMDL plan in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed.
Ohio electric co-ops file challenge to EPA’s Clean Power Plan
Ohio-based Buckeye Power joined the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association in petitioning the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals to review the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Clean Power Plan.
Thirteen states sue EPA, Army Corps of Engineers over definition of...
Thirteen states filed a lawsuit June 29 against the Environmental Protection Agency and the Army Corps of Engineers over the agencies’ rule defining “waters of the United States.”
EPA finalizes Clean Water Rule; defines ‘waters of the United States’
EPA says Clean Water Act ruling does not create any new permitting requirements and maintains all previous ag exemptions. Ag groups disagree.
EPA release of farmers’ information still embroiled in court battle
U.S. District Court dismissed farmer objections Jan. 27, but pork producers and AFBF file appeal.
EPA registers ‘Enlist Duo’ herbicide
The EPA is registering the herbicide, Enlist Duo with new restrictions to manage the problem of resistant weeds.
Mahoning Valley industries on EPA’s greenhouse gas report
The Environmental Protection Agency has released its latest annual report, and several Mahoning Valley industries and landfills have made the list.
EPA drops West Virginia farm’s Clean Water Act case
The Environmental Protection Agency has dropped an appeal for a ruling concerning a West Virginia farm.
EPA seeking comment on enhancing transparency for fracking chemicals
WASHINGTON — EPA announced it will seek public comment on what information could be reported and disclosed for hydraulic fracturing chemicals and mixtures and...
Congress puts brakes on EPA action: Farm oil spill enforcement delayed
Farm oil spill containment rule will not be enforced against farms until September 2013.
