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BOSC Members Question Scope, Purpose Of EPA Waters Mapping Effort

Members of an EPA advisory panel raised pointed questions at an Oct. 29 meeting about ongoing agency research efforts to improve the characterization and mapping of streams and wetlands, suggesting some of the projects are too narrowly focused and wondering how frequently changing policy decisions will affect the science.

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Industry Likely To Step Up Scrutiny Of States’ PFAS Limits In Next Year

Industry groups are expected to step up scrutiny in the next year of states’ growing efforts to develop enforceable drinking water limits for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), including potentially more court action, an industry attorney says, especially given new scientific developments expected to be done on PFAS’ effects.

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District Court Judge Grants EPA’s Request To Stay Perchlorate Litigation

A federal district court judge is granting EPA’s request to stay litigation over whether the agency can terminate a consent decree that required it to set a drinking water standard for the rocket fuel ingredient perchlorate until an appeals court rules on whether EPA had the authority to decide no national standard is necessary.

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Biden Administration Might Spur Bid For Statutory Change To CWA’s Scope

If Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden defeats President Donald Trump in the Nov. 3 election, supporters of stronger Clean Water Act (CWA) protections may ask Congress to revise the law to clarify its scope, although experts say the success of such an effort will depend on whether Democrats win a clear majority in the House and Senate.

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CLF argues WOTUS rule violates several laws

The Conservation Law Foundation is asking a federal district court in Massachusetts to vacate the Trump administration’s Clean Water Act jurisdiction rule for violating several federal laws.

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North Carolina sues PFAS manufacturers for natural resource damages

The latest suit adds to North Carolina’s legal and regulatory actions to address water and other contamination caused by the manufacture of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances.

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Testing State Policies, Businesses Sue New Jersey Over PFAS Water Rules

Business and industry groups in New Jersey are suing the state over its drinking water and groundwater regulations governing the two most-studied per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), posing an early legal test of some states’ efforts to set enforceable drinking water limits for PFAS in the absence of EPA regulation.

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NRDC Details Suit Over EPA Perchlorate Decision, But Asks Court For Stay

The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) says it will center an appellate suit over EPA’s decision to forgo setting a Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) standard for perchlorate on alleged violations of SDWA and administrative law as well as questions over whether EPA overstepped its legal authorities, even as the group asks the court to stay the case due to a pending similar suit in a lower court.

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NRDC Details Suit Over EPA Perchlorate Decision, But Ask Court For Stay

The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) says it will center an appellate suit over EPA’s decision to forgo setting a Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) standard for perchlorate on alleged violations of SDWA and administrative law as well as questions over whether EPA overstepped its legal authorities, even as the group asks the court to stay the case due to a pending similar suit in a lower court.

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Critics Eye DOE’s Use Of New Nuclear ‘High-Level Waste’ Interpretation

Environmentalists and the state of Washington are closely watching the Energy Department’s (DOE) first application of a disputed new interpretation of “high-level radioactive waste” (HLW) that eases waste disposal options, weighing potential actions to address concerns that the reinterpretation flouts federal law and upends treatment options.

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