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On April 7, 2015, USEPA proposed a zero discharge Clean Water Act pretreatment standard for wastewater from existing or new...
Tags: CWA, POTW, Hydraulic Fracturing, Oil and Gas,
On March 24, 2015, the Ohio Supreme Court decided the Fairfield County v. Nally (former Ohio EPA Director) case. This was a...
Tags: NPDES, Clean Water Act, Environment
On January 28, 2015, the U.S. Senate voted against (35-63) Amendment 48 to modify the definition of “underground injection” under...
Tags: Hydraulic Fracturing, UIC, Energy, Environment
On December 19, 2014, U.S. EPA finalized a rule for the disposal of coal combustion residuals (CCR) in landfills and surface...
Tags: CCR, Solid Waste, Environment, RCRA
This blog entry provides an update to our November 26, 2014 entry on U.S. EPA's proposal for a reduced national ambient air...
Tags: Energy, Air Quality, Environment, Ozone
The Toledo Blade reports on the boom in pipeline construction in Ohio:
Tags: Pipeline, Ohio, Oil and Gas, Energy,
On November 26, 2014, U.S. EPA proposed a more stringent national ambient air quality standard for ozone. The proposal reduces...
Tags: Air Quality, Environment
On November 17, 2014, Ohio EPA, ODNR and ODH jointly published a letter addressing the acceptance and disposal of waste...
Tags: TENORM, Environment, Drilling
On November 13, 2014, Ohio EPA issued draft amendments to the rules in OAC Chapter 3745-31 governing the Permit-to-Install New...
Tags: Air, Environment
On October 14, 2014, U.S. EPA and the Army Corps of Engineers extended the comment period for the proposed rule defining “Waters...
Tags: Clean Water Act, Environment
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