Farmers say EPA should play no role in land-use decisions

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Farmers, foresters, and ranchers will oppose the Environmental Protection Agency's proposed rule to regulate nonpoint source pollution despite a ruling from the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.The court ruled in favor of the EPA in a lawsuit filed by several landowners for alleged overextension of the EPA's authority to regulate environmental pollution.

Legal issues & crime, California, Public affairs, Pollution Control-State & Local, Pollution control industry, Environmental policy, Pollution control, Farmers

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EPA, states win first court battle over stormwater program

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A federal court ruled that the EPA's city stormwater permits do not have to meet the state's standards for water quality. Defenders of Wildlife sued the EPA over stormwater permits approved in five Arizona cities because the permits did not require specific numeric limits for contaminants or water quality monitoring.

Arizona, Water Pollution Control, Courts, Federal Courts, United States. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit, Waste management, Municipal government, State government, Storm sewers, Water quality, Defenders of Wildlife

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NRDC report backs long-delayed stormwater rules

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A report from the Natural Resources Defense Council supports the new rules being proposed by the Environmental Protection Agency to clean up stormwater runoffs and storm sewer discharges.

Sewer Programs, Reports, Sewer systems, Natural Resources Defense Council

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