For years, grassroots organizations such as Genesee RiverWatch, Hudson Riverkeeper, Buffalo Niagara Riverkeeper, the Nature Conservancy and others have advocated for improvements in water and wastewater infrastructure and watershed protection. Contaminated drinking water events in Hoosick Falls, Newburgh, Petersburgh and ...

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Writing this column in December 2016, now a month past the surprising presidential election result, brings with it many uncertainties. Predicting environmental policy in new administrations is challenging under normal election conditions, but with a businessman about to assume the ...

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Appellate Division, Fourth Department Clean Water Act Preemption — Writ of Prohibition U.S. Energy Development Corp. v. NYS Dpt. Of Environmental Conservation CA 13-01416 Appealed from Supreme Court, Erie County Background: The petitioner conducts oil and gas operations in Pennsylvania ...

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Several federal and local officials are trying to steer the Environmental Protection Agency away from expanding a definition of navigable waters. The agency, backed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, has proposed a rule change that would subject almost ...

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Maracle Industrial Finishing, of Webster, and its general manager, John Maltese, 60, of Canandaigua, have pleaded guilty to violating the Clean Water Act. The corporation faces a maximum fine of $500,000, while Maltese faces up to three years in prison ...

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U.S. District Court, Western District of New York Clean Water Act Lewis v. FMC Corporation 04-CV-331 Judge Skretny Background: Plaintiffs, residents of the Village of Middleport, Niagara County, N.Y., commenced this citizen suit on April 30, 2004, asserting claims under ...

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U.S. District Court, Western District of New York Clean Water Act Injunctions U.S. v. Acquest Transit LLC 09-CV-55 Judge Foschio Background: The defendant moves to vacate a preliminary injunction and for partial summary judgment. The U.S. government brought action Jan. ...

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U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit Clean Water Act Peconic Baykeeper Inc. v. Suffolk County 09-0097-cv Appealed from the Eastern District of New York Background: Defendants Suffolk County and the Suffolk County Department of Public Works, Division of Vector Control, ...

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U.S. District Court, Western District of New York Clean Water Act Adjoining Landowner George v. Reisdorf Bros. Inc. 08-CV-424 Judge McCarthy Background: The Georges are the owners of a dairy farm located in North Java, N.Y., which they acquired in ...

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