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Water Environmental 2008 P8
Oklahoma-based pipeline company fined for petroleum discharges
Magellan Midstream Partners agreed to pay a $5.3 million civil penalty for alleged violations of the Clean Water Act, the Justice Department and U.S. EPA announced. The alleged violations include illegally discharging gasoline and fuel oil from pipelines in Illinois, Kansas, Iowa, Minnesota and Arkansas into nearby waterways over the past 10 years. According to the complaint, the company allegedly discharged more than 17,000 barrels of gas and fuel oil on 11 different dates...
New Jersey coalition calls for investigation of private wells
A coalition of environmental and labor groups are calling for the testing of private drinking water wells in four towns near DuPont's Chambers Works facility in Deepwater, NJ. They are concerned about the possible presence of the dangerous Teflon chemical, perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and other perfluorinated compounds (PFCs). The action follows DuPont's disclosure to the New Jersey DEP that its groundwater monitoring wells showed contamination levels which exceeded the state's "alert level"...
Action plan to reduce nutrients to Mississippi River released
The Mississippi River/Gulf of Mexico Watershed Nutrient Task Force is releasing an Action Plan that involves state and federal partners in reducing hypoxia in the Northern Gulf of Mexico. The 2008 Action Plan for Reducing, Mitigating, and Controlling Hypoxia in the Northern Gulf of Mexico and Improving Water Quality in the Mississippi River Basin builds upon the 2001 plan by incorporating emerging issues, innovative approaches, and the latest science...
EPA proposes vessel discharge permits
The U.S. EPA is proposing two general permits under the Clean Water Act that will cover discharges incidental to normal operation of commercial and recreational vessels. As a result of a court ruling currently under appeal, vessel owners or operators whose discharges have previously been exempt from Clean Water Act requirements will require a permit as of Sept. 30, 2008. Based on agency estimates, as many as 91,000 commercial vessels and about 13 million recreational boats could be affected...
Penn. DEP orders partial shutdown of two natural gas drilling operations
The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection has ordered two natural gas drilling companies to suspend a portion of their operations at separate sites in Lycoming County for violating Pennsylvania's Clean Streams Law. Range Resources - Appalachia LLC and Chief Oil and Gas LLC operate impoundment areas in Cogan House Township and Mifflin Township, respectively, that collect water for use in the companies' exploratory drilling operations in the Marcellus Shale...
Improved monitoring, prevention keeps beachgoers better protected
Environmental Protection Agency's just-released 2007 Swimming Season Update shows state and territorial beach water quality managers are improving monitoring and prevention, and beaches were open for use 95 percent of beach days in 2007. During the 2007 swimming season, some beaches were restricted because of contamination-related closings, but most beaches that did have closings were closed for less than two days. Beach days are those counted during the beach season for a given area...
Invasive species managed inconsistently across state programs, says report
States are not addressing the problem of invasive species in consistent ways under the federal Clean Water Act, according to a report by the Environmental Law Institute. The Role of Aquatic Invasive Species in State Listing of Impaired Waters and the TMDL Program uses a sample of seven states with differing invasive species problems, finding that some states list every water segment damaged by these species, while others list none at all...
Court upholds Penn. DEP's $1.5M fine against PPL
The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection recently announced a settlement in Commonwealth Court with PPL Martins Creek LLC that includes a $1.5 million civil penalty against the company for a fly ash spill at its Lower Mt. Bethel Township, Northampton County, electric generating station in 2005. In addition to the civil penalty, the settlement addresses the company's continued spill assessment and cleanup responsibilities should any remaining ash deposits be discovered...
System failures at Ariz. Superfund site result in $500,000 penalty
Motorola, Siemens and GlaxoSmithKline will pay a $500,000 civil penalty for system failures that led to the release of trichloroethylene (TCE) into the public drinking water system in Scottsdale, Ariz., the Justice Department and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced recently. The settlement resolves violations of the North Indian Bend Wash consent decree, filed in 2003, which occurred when TCE above contamination limits was released from the Miller Road Treatment Facility...
China's Tibetan Plateau water reserves at risk
The Tibetan Plateau's vast reserves of glacial freshwater, which supply Asia's most populous regions, are both at risk and are emerging as an issue in the increasingly tense political and cultural strife between China and Tibet, scientists and experts say, according to a new report by Circle of Blue published today. Circle of Blue is the independent journalism and science project reporting on global freshwater issues...
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