- – The Progressive Pulse – 3/12/21
EPA Water Rule Won’t Speed Up New Oil, Gas Pipeline Projects
EPA Issues Final Rule Limiting State Authority Under Clean Water Act
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued on June 1 its final rule amending Section 401 of the Clean Water Act, under which states are given authority to issue permits certifying that any discharges into the state’s waters from a proposed project will comply with Clean Water Act,
N.Y. rejects $1B pipeline over climate, water concerns
- – E&E Energywire – 5/18/20
Comments on EPA Proposal to Weaken State 401 Authority Due Oct. 21
Comments on a new proposed rule by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) that would weaken the ability of states to regulate their own waters are due October 21. The rule, reported on in the August 16 ABRA Update,
US EPA Proposes Rule Narrowing States’ Ability to Block Pipeline Projects
- – The National Law Review – 8/30/19
FERC puts Constitution Pipeline back on track, finding New York waived water authority
- – S&P Global – 8/29/19
In North Carolina, novel legal maneuver deployed against Atlantic Coast Pipeline
- – Energy News Network – 8/21/19
Environment Groups Ask North Carolina to Revoke ACP’s 401 Certificate
A petition filed this week with the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality (NCDEQ) requests that the agency revoke the 401-certification granted to the Atlantic Coast Pipeline. In its August 13 letter to NCDEQ, Friends of the Earth and the NC Climate Solutions Network state:
Facts we have discovered since January of 2018 show significant adverse impact to the largest community of American Indians east of the Mississippi River from the construction and operation of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline and projects dependent upon it.
EPA’s latest power grab is aimed at states’ rights
- – The Hill – 8/14/19