Articles in Category: 'Clean Water Act'

Finally, EPA Does the Right Thing for Florida

By: Nancy Smith | Posted: November 7, 2011 3:55 AM

Groups like Earthjustice and Sierra Club didn't like it, but last week the Environmental Protection Agency finally listened, did the right thing and approved a state alternative to the EPA's draconian water pollution regulations proposed for Florida.

TAGS: Clean Water Act, Conservancy of Southwest Florida, DEP, Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Department of Environmental Protection, EarthJustice, Environmental Confederation of Southwest Florida, Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, Florida Chamber of Commerce, Florida Wildlife Federation, Leticia Adams, News, PolitiFact, Sierra Club, St. John's Riverkeeper, St. Petersburg Times, University of Florida, Columns

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Florida Trying to Improve Image of Seafood from Gulf

By: Jim Turner | Posted: December 7, 2011 3:55 AM

TAGS: Adam Putnam, BP, Clean Water Act, Deepwater Horizon, Duke University, Environmental Defense Fund, Florida-Florida State, Fresh From Florida, Gulf of Mexico, H.R. 3096, House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, News, RESTORE Act, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Government

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Progress Energy Permit Renewal Challenged For Plants in Citrus County

By: Jim Saunders News Service of Florida | Posted: October 27, 2011 3:55 AM

TAGS: Business, Clean Water Act, Crystal River, David Guest, DEP, EarthJustice, Florida Department of Environmental Protection, Florida Division of Administrative Hearings, Florida Wildlife Federation, Gulf of Mexico, News, Progress Energy, Scott Sutton, Sierra Club

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Florida Fight With EPA Backdrop to Congressional Debate

By: Jim Saunders News Service of Florida | Posted: July 14, 2011 3:55 AM

TAGS: Clean Water Act, Clean Water Cooperative Federalism Act of 2011, Earl Blumenauer, Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, John Duncan, John Mica, Mike Quigley, News, numeric nutrient criteria, Government

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Cliff Stearns, Rick Scott Turn Up Heat on EPA

By: Nancy Smith | Posted: April 23, 2011 3:55 AM

TAGS: Clean Water Act, Cliff Stearns, DEP, Department of Environmental Protection, Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, Lisa Jackson, News, Rick Scott, Sierra Club, Government

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Feds Suing BP Over Spill

By: David Royse News Service of Florida | Posted: December 16, 2010 4:05 AM

U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder and other federal officials announced Wednesday that the government is suing BP and eight other defendants, seeking to recover damages from the Gulf of Mexico oil spill earlier this year.

TAGS: Alex Sink, Bill McCollum, BP, Clean Water Act, Daren Beaudo, Deepwater Horizon, Eric Holder, Gulf Coast, Gulf of Mexico, Justice Department, Kenneth Feinberg, News, Oil Pollution Act, Oil Spill, Panhandle, Government

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Florida DEP Looks for Flexibility from EPA in Creating New Water Rules

By: Gray Rohrer | Posted: September 30, 2010 4:05 AM

Florida received a one-month reprieve before the enactment of new regulations for some bodies of water, but state regulators are still looking for flexibility from the federal Environmental Protection Agency in developing new regulations that will govern different bodies of water.

TAGS: Bill Nelson, Clean Water Act, Environmental Protection Agency, Florida Administrative Code, Florida Department of Environmental Protection, George LeMieux, News

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