By Thomas Spencer, The Birmingham News
Randy and Mary Raines Harper used to enjoy morning coffee on their porch overlooking a blue-green 4-acre lake, a lake carefully managed for bass fishing that has been in Mary Harper's family since the 1950s. ...
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The Alabama Department of Environmental Management has won the approval of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on proposed stormwater pollution regulations for small cities, effectively...
http://blog.al.com/spotnews/2010/12/epa_oks_alabama_stormwater_rul.html
The Alabama Department of Environmental Management has won the approval of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on proposed stormwater pollution regulations for small...
http://blog.al.com/spotnews/2010/12/epa_oks_alabama_stormwater_rul.html
The Alabama Department of Environmental Management has won the approval of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on proposed stormwater pollution regulations for small...
Thomas Spencer - The Birmingham News
The Alabama Department of Environmental Management has sent the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency a revision of its stormwater pollution regulations, hoping to avoid federal intervention in the stormwater permitting process.
Under the federal Clean Water Act, local governments are required to prevent pollution from entering creeks and streams through municipal...
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...A coalition of statewide environmental groups plans to create a scorecard to rate the Alabama Department of Environmental Management's progress on addressing air and water pollution and the overall enforcement of environmental laws.
Representatives of the coalition -- which includes groups such as Conservation Alabama, the Alabama Rivers Alliance, Mobile Baykeeper and the...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency issued administrative orders against eight entities in Alabama, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina and Tennessee between January and April for violations of the Clean Water Act.
"By taking these enforcement actions, we are sending a strong message about the importance of protecting rivers, lakes and streams across the Southeast,” said Stan Meiburg, EPA Region 4 acting regional administrator. “To protect our region’s waters, these regulated entities must comply with the Clean Water Act and promptly take the steps needed to resolve the violations noted in our inspections.”
Seven entities were cited for...
