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Attention Given to Oregon’s Water Resources and Water Quality in Governor’s...
The Governor’s Balanced Budget for 2013-2015 allocates more than $30 million for implementation of Oregon’s Integrated Water Resources Strategy (IWRS), described in previous posts on this site and on...
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Supreme Court Clears the Waters on Stormwater Discharge from Logging Roads
This morning, the Supreme Court issued its decision overturning the Ninth Circuit’s decision in Decker v. Northwest Environmental Defense Center, concluding that ditches, culverts and channels...
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EPA Disapproves Oregon’s Natural Conditions Criteria
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) disapproved Oregon’s natural conditions criteria late Thursday, August 8, 2013. The disapproval follows a February 2012 ruling by Oregon federal court Judge...
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U.S. Plans to Recommend Changes to Columbia River Treaty: Comments due...
The United States is expected to propose changes to the Columbia River Treaty amid ongoing negotiations. The U.S. Entity, consisting of the Administrator of the Bonneville Power Administration and the...
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Environmental Cleanup: What Landowners Need to Know
Occasionally, owners of agricultural property encounter contamination in the soil or groundwater. For example, it is possible that an old fuel storage tank corroded and fuel has leaked into the soil...
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Future of the West: Less Snow, More Drought?
California’s current drought could possibly be the worst in modern times. In response to this water crisis, California’s Governor, Jerry Brown, signed legislation last weekend to provide $687 million...
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EPA and Army Corps Attempt to Clarify Clean Water Act Jurisdiction
Yesterday, March 25, 2014, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers jointly released a proposed rule to clarify what constitutes “waters of the United States” for...
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New Landscape for Columbia River Dam Discharge
A settlement announced this Monday, August 4, 2014, requires the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to apply for Clean Water Act permits to discharge pollutants associated with operation of eight dams along...
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Court of Appeals Requires More Evidence that Clackamas River Withdrawals Will...
On December 31, 2014, the Oregon Court of Appeals issued a decision addressing the “fish persistence standard” designed to protect listed fish species when extensions of permits to divert water for...
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Washington Federal Judge Holds Cow Palace Dairy Liable Under Resource...
Federal Judge Tom Rice of the Eastern District of Washington issued a ruling yesterday (January 14, 2015) against a Washington dairy that will likely have nation-wide implications for dairy industry....
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