A Compilation Of Stormwater And Other Related Water News.EPA EPA eicosapentaenoic acid. EPA abbr. eicosapentaenoic acid EPA, n.pr See acid, eicosapentaenoic. EPA, n. Plans To Inspect Water Discharger Facilities More Often (Marten marten, name for carnivorous, largely arboreal mammals (genus Martes) of the weasel family, widely distributed in North America, Europe, and central Asia. Martens are larger, heavier-bodied animals than weasels, with thick fur and bushy tails. Law Group, December 12, 2007) The United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance issued, Clean Water Act National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Compliance Monitoring Strategy for the Core Program and Wet Weather Sources, which is guidance that calls for more frequent inspections of small industrial and municipal water discharge facilities. Prior to the new guidance, enforcement efforts had been focused on major National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES NPDES National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (US EPA) ) permittees and a few minor permittees in certain industry categories. In issuing the new guidance, EPA explained that the new inspection frequency goals are needed to address an "increased emphasis on ...water quality degradation, particularly stemming from wet weather discharges," at a time of limited governmental resources. Thus, rather than focus on major wastewater treatment facilities, major industrial dischargers, and sanitary sewer A sanitary sewer (also called, especially in the UK, a foul sewer) is a type of underground carriage system for transporting sewage from houses or industry to treatment or disposal. systems, the new guidance seeks to focus increased attention to minor Publicly Owned Publicly owned can refer to:
failure of the owner to follow instructions, particularly in administering medication as prescribed; a cause of a less than expected response to treatment. noncompliance in these categories and facilities located near waters listed as impaired will be targeted. View full article. Navy's National Security Interest In Using Underwater Sonar Must Be Balanced With Environmental Protections For Whales And Dolphins (Los Angeles Times Los Angeles Times Morning daily newspaper. Established in 1881, it was purchased and incorporated in 1884 by Harrison Gray Otis (1837–1917) under The Times-Mirror Co. (the hyphen was later dropped from the name). , January 4, 2008) A federal judge has ordered tough restrictions on the United States Navy's use of mid-frequency sonar off the Southern California Southern California, also colloquially known as SoCal, is the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. Centered on the cities of Los Angeles and San Diego, Southern California is home to nearly 24 million people and is the nation's second most populated region, Coast to protect whales and other marine mammals marine mammals mammals inhabiting the sea; generally taken to include the cetaceans (whales, porpoise, dolphin), the sirenians (sea-cows, including manatees and dugong) and the pinnipeds (the carnivores of the group, seals, sealions, walruses). from underwater sonar blasts. To avoid a court-imposed ban on training missions with sonar that is linked to whale and dolphin harm, the Navy must refrain from using the powerful submarine-hunting sonar within 12 miles of the coast, where migrating gray whales, dolphins, and other marine mammals are commonly found. The Navy also must search for marine mammals in the area for at least an hour before starting their training missions. The Navy must cease use of its sonar immediately if marine mammals are spotted within 2,200 yards of a ship using sonar. In response to the federal judge's opinion, the Navy has asserted that the restrictions may hamper their ability to adequately train sailors and may put sailors and national security at risk. The Natural Resources Defense Council The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) is a New York City-based, non-profit non-partisan international environmental advocacy group, with offices in Washington, D.C., San Francisco, Los Angeles, Chicago, and Beijing. Founded in 1970, NRDC today has 1. (NRDC NRDC Natural Resources Defense Council NRDC National Research and Development Centre (Institute of Education, London) NRDC National Realty & Development Corp. ), one of the plaintiffs in the case, stated they do not want the Navy to stop training but rather that they increase protections against unnecessary harm to whales and other marine mammals. View full article. (requires free registration) Federal Mineral Management Service Approves Oil Drilling Off Alaskan Shore (Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. Time, January 2, 2008) The Federal Mineral Management Service (MMS (Multimedia Messaging Service) An enhanced transmission service that enables graphics, video clips and sound files to be transmitted via cellphones. Developed as part of the 3GPP project, MMS phones are generally backward compatible with SMS and EMS. ) plans to hold a lease sale on February 6, 2008 for bids on almost 46,000 square miles of the outer continental shelf In the federal United States, the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) consists of the submerged lands, subsoil, and seabed, lying between the seaward extent of the States' jurisdiction and the seaward extent of Federal jurisdiction. lands in the Chukchi Sea Chukchi Sea (chək`chē), part of the Arctic Ocean N of the Bering Strait, between Siberia and Alaska, Wrangell Island lies to the west and the Beaufort Sea lies to the east. , part of the Arctic Ocean. Once finalized, the offshore oil and gas lease sale would be the first one in the Chukchi Sea since 1991. The MMS claims the area contains approximately 15 billion barrels of conventionally recoverable oil and 77 trillion cubic feet of conventionally recoverable gas. However, the area also is home to polar bears, whose existence may already be threatened by the impact of climate change-induced loss of sea ice. View full article. (requires free registration) California News Wave Park Near Eureka To Begin Generating Electricity From Ocean Waves By 2012 (San Francisco Chronicle The San Francisco Chronicle was founded in 1865 as The Daily Dramatic Chronicle by teenage brothers Charles de Young and Michael H. de Young.[2] The paper grew along with San Francisco to become the largest circulation newspaper on the West Coast of the , December 17, 2007) In response to California's order to utilities to purchase more power from renewable resources, Pacific Gas and Electric Company
The Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) , (NYSE: PCG), is the utility that provides natural gas and electricity to most of Northern California. (PG&E) has agreed to buy power from a Canadian company that proposes to build a wave park. The wave park would consist of eight buoys bobbing in the waters off the coast of Eureka, generating up to two megawatts of electricity as they rise and fall with the waves. Although this particular wave park would only generate enough power to light 1,500 homes, the use of waves to generate power may represent a potential front in the fight against global warming. PG&E's promise to buy the renewable power will help the private Canadian company, Finavera, to obtain financing for its project. Veiw full article Renewable Energy Plant To Turn Human Waste Into Electricity (The Bakersfield Californian, December 20, 2007) California's largest sewage sludge composter proposes to generate renewable energy by burning treated human waste and other organic material. With Liberty Composting's contract to sell 20 megawatts of electricity to PG&E in place, construction of the plant is anticipated to begin in three years. View full article. California And Six Other Colorado River States Agree On Plan For Conservation (Arizona Republic, December 9, 2007) The seven Colorado River states are expected to approve a regional drought plan. Shortages in the river's reservoirs could result in water shortages, loss of hydropower hy·dro·pow·er n. Hydroelectric power. , and damage to riparian riparian adj. referring to the banks of a river or stream. (See: riparian rights) habitat and recreation sites. The conservation plan will guide management of the river through 2026 using reservoir levels to trigger rationing and a series of experimental conservation programs. The plan will not eliminate the risk of shortage but rather prolongs the period of time before one actually happens. Environmentalists say the plan fails to protect the river itself. View full article. Southern California Quagga Mussel Threatens Southern California's Imported Water Supply (Los Angeles Times, December 31, 2007) The quagga mussel multiplies so rapidly that it forms large masses that can clog water pumps and pipelines. The quagga mussel has been found in the Colorado River Aqueduct, which serves Southern California. There is no known method to eradicate the mussel mussel, edible freshwater or marine bivalve mollusk. Mussels are able to move slowly by means of the muscular foot. They feed and breathe by filtering water through extensible tubes called siphons; a large mussel filters 10 gal (38 liters) of water per day. and officials are now concerned that the quagga mussel infestation infestation /in·fes·ta·tion/ (-fes-ta´shun) parasitic attack or subsistence on the skin and/or its appendages, as by insects, mites, or ticks; sometimes used to denote parasitic invasion of the organs and tissues, as by helminths. will spread to the State Water Project that delivers water from Northern California to Southern California. The mussel infestation could lead to heavy and higher operation and maintenance costs for water operators. View full article. (free registration required) Orange County Turns Sewage Into Drinking Water drinking water supply of water available to animals for drinking supplied via nipples, in troughs, dams, ponds and larger natural water sources; an insufficient supply leads to dehydration; it can be the source of infection, e.g. leptospirosis, salmonellosis, or of poisoning, e.g. (Los Angeles Times, January 2, 2008) After a four-year construction period and a $490 million expenditure, the Orange County Water District Orange County Water District (OCWD) manages the large groundwater basin that provides reliable, high-quality groundwater to 20 cities and water agencies and their 2.3 million customers in north and central Orange County, CA. headquarters in Fountain Valley has begun operating a facility that can turn 70 million gallons of treated sewage into drinking water every day. The Orange County Sanitation District sends its treated sewage to the new water treatment facility where the finished product is injected into the county's groundwater basin to supplement drinking water supplies for 2.3 million people in Orange County. However, before the water is delivered to the tap, state health officials must certify that the reclaimed water meets drinking water standards; approval is expected to be granted before January 25, 2008. The new water treatment system would take treated sewage otherwise discharged back to the sea and runs it through an advanced filtration system, thereby lessening the region's dependence on outside sources. The treated effluent is said to be as clean as distilled water. In addition to the benefit of increasing local water supply, this reclamation process is said to use less electricity than moving the same amount of water to Orange County through the state's system of aqueducts. View full article. (free registration required) San Diego Seeks Third Waiver From Federal Clean Water Act Requirements (San Diego Union Tribune, November 21, 2007) The San Diego City Council voted to seek a third waiver from the Clean Water Act for its Point Loma Wastewater Treatment Plant Wastewater treatment plant also called wastewater treatment works
View full article. Schwarzenegger Appoints New Members To The San Diego Regional Water Quality Control Board (North County Times, November 28, 2007) Governor Schwarzenegger appointed three people to four-year terms on the San Diego Regional Water Quality Control Board; two first-time members and the reappointment reappointment Hospital practice The renewal of medical staff membership and privileges of a practitioner whose previous service on the medical staff has met the staff's standard of Pt care. See Appointment. of Eric Anderson. The nine-seat board has been struggling for the last several months with only five members on the Board. However, these new positions and Mr. Anderson's reappointment brings the board back up to seven members. View full article. Announcements California Stormwater Quality Association (CASQA) 2008 Stormwater Conference September 21 - 24, 2008 CASQA's 2008 Stormwater Conference will be held in Oakland, California, September 21 - 24, 2008. Mark your calendar and make your budget request now. Almost 600 stormwater quality professionals participated in this year's third annual conference in Costa Mesa and by virtually all accounts, the conference was a big success. The theme for this year's conference is "Collaboration and Innovation to Achieve Water Quality Goals." For more information, please visit http://stormwaterconference.com/. Legislation CA AB 1470, Solar Water Heating And Efficiency Act Author: Huffman Status: Approved, October 12, 2007 Summary: Promotes solar water and heating systems and other technologies that reduce natural gas demand. Requires the Energy Commission to evaluate data available from a specified pilot program, and if it makes a specific determination, to design and implement a program of incentives for installation of 200,000 solar water heating systems in homes and businesses throughout the state by 2017. View full text. CA AB 904, Plastic And Marine Debris Reduction, Recycling, And Composting Act Author: Leno Status: Last Amended June 1, 2007 Summary: Would prohibit take-out food providers, on and after July 1, 2010, from distributing single-use food service packaging to a consumer, unless the single-use food service packaging is either compostable packaging or recyclable packaging. Would also require take-out food providers to provide receptacles for collection of compostable and recyclable packaging. Would also provide for imposition of civil penalties up to $100 per day for violations. View full text. The content of this article is intended to provide a general guide to the subject matter. Specialist advice should be sought about your specific circumstances. Ms Elizabeth Cason Foley & Lardner 321 N. Clark, Ste. 2800 Chicago Illinois, 60610 UNITED STATES Tel: 3128324734 Fax: 3128324700 E-mail: Cperschall@foley.com URL URL in full Uniform Resource Locator Address of a resource on the Internet. The resource can be any type of file stored on a server, such as a Web page, a text file, a graphics file, or an application program. : www.foley.com Click Here for related articles (c) Mondaq Ltd, 2008 - Tel. +44 (0)20 8544 8300 - http://www.mondaq.com |
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