Tag: USACE
Harmful Algal Blooms identified in several Kentucky Lakes
KDOW and USACE have confirmed the presence of potentially harmful algal blooms (HABs), or cyanobacteria exceeding safety threshold levels at several lakes in KY including Barren River Lake, Nolin Reservoir, Green River Lake, Rough River Lake, Taylorsville Lake and Greenbriar Creek reservoir in Montgomery County. The Department of Public Health, Kentucky Department of Fish and […]
EPA and Army Corps of Engineers Clarify Protection for Nation’s Streams and Wetlands in New Proposed Rule
We told you last week that the USACE and EPA had issued a proposed rule defining key provisions of the Clean Water Act. Click here for that blog entry. The most substantial change in the new rule is the proposed deletion of the existing regulatory provision that defines “waters of the “United States”. Waters in […]
EPA Rulemaking: Fast and Furious
With all of the buzz surrounding the release of the GHG NSPS Proposed Rule, several water-related pieces of EPA rulemaking have gotten lost. First, on September 4th, EPA released the long-awaited proposed rulemaking on Water Quality Standards. Next, on September 17th, EPA and the US Army Corps of Engineers finally sent to OMB a proposed rule […]
Army Corps of Engineers Scope Defined
Another precedent was set on Friday, August 23rd in the long running legal challenge to mountaintop mining. In his decision, U.S. District Senior Judge Thomas B. Russell of Louisville ruled that the Army Corps of Engineers does not have “to consider the cumulative effects of mining operations as a whole” when issuing a permit. Mr. […]