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  1. Clean Water Act enforcement has declined, two House committee chairmen say

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    Fri, 2 Jan 2009

    Enforcement of the federal Clean Water Act has deteriorated badly under the Bush administration, two US House committee chairman charged on Dec. 16. Violations involving …

  2. CHEVRON FINED UNDER CLEAN WATER ACT

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    Mon, 1 Jun 1992

    Chevron U.S.A. Inc. has pleaded guilty to 65 violations of the Clean Water Act in its operation of Platform Grace in the Santa Barbara Channel off California. It agreed to pay $6.5 million in criminal penalties …

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  1. EPA cites two producers for violating Clean Water Act

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    Thu, 16 Apr 2009

    The US Environmental Protection Agency cited two independent oil and gas producers in separate orders on Apr. 16 for violating federal clean water regulations in Oklahoma.

  2. E&P exemption eyed for storm-water permits

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    Mon, 9 Jan 2006

    … modifications to storm-water regulations under the Clean Water Act that would exempt oil and gas exploration and production ..... uncontaminated storm-water discharges do not require federal Clean Water Act permits, EPA said in a Dec. 31, 2005, Federal Register …

  3. EPA proposes storm-water permit exemptions

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    Wed, 4 Jan 2006

    … modifications to storm-water regulations under the Clean Water Act that would exempt oil and gas exploration and production ..... uncontaminated storm-water discharges do not require federal Clean Water Act permits, EPA said in a Dec. 31, 2005, Federal Register …

  5. Npdes permits have increased emphasis on control of toxic pollutants

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    Mon, 6 Jan 1997

    … compliance. The 1987 amendments to the Clean Water Act emphasized stricter control of ..... setting additional toxics controls. Clean Water Act In 1972, Congress passed amendments ..... This statute was later called the Clean Water Act (CWA). Two key goals of the …

  6. US proposes more wetlands protection

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    Fri, 11 Aug 2000

    … dredged materials to afford broader protection for wetlands. They said the proposed rule would close a loophole in Clean Water Act (CWA) regulations by clarifying the types of activities that can harm wetlands. EPA Administrator Carol Browner said …

  7. Iroquois fined for construction violations

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    Mon, 3 Jun 1996

    Iroquois Pipeline Operating Co. and four of its top officers have pleaded guilty to violating the U.S. Clean Water Act (CWA) during construction of its 375 mile natural gas pipeline from Ontario to Long Island in 1991-92. A settlement …

  8. WATCHING GOVERNMENT WASHINGTON'S GREEN POTPOURRI

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    Mon, 9 May 1994

    Because Congress is required to reauthorize the U.S. Clean Water Act and the "Superfund" in the current session and time running short, the assumption has been that only the water bill could be …

  9. EPA releases draft permitting guidance for diesel fuel in fracing

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    Mon, 14 May 2012

    … Earthworks, Natural Resources Defense Council, Earthjustice, and Clean Water Action also said the provision of the 2005 Clean Water Act which exempts fracing from the having to comply with the law should be removed.

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