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Court Strikes Down EPA Overreaching- Again

机译:法院再次严厉打击EPA违规行为

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For the third time in the past 10 months, a federal court has declared that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has violated the law through its efforts to impose additional restrictions on coal operations in the Appalachian States. On July 31, 2012, the federal District Court for the District of Columbia struck down EPA's "guidance memorandum" for coal-related water permitting actions. The guidance purports to establish a number of "recommendations" and "suggestions" for the Corps of Engineers, and state agencies like the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection (WVDEP) to "consider" when processing applications for mining related permits. One of the recommendations is that permits should place limitations on conductivity levels in discharges from mining operations to ensure compliance with "narrative water quality standards," such as the requirement that discharges into state waters do not cause a "significant adverse impact" to aquatic ecosystems. Conductivity is a measurement of how well water conducts electricity and is considered to be a rough surrogate for the concentration of total dissolved solids (TDS) present in water. Neither EPA nor the Appalachian States have adopted a water quality standard for conductivity. Nonetheless, for more than two years the state agencies have been effectively prevented from issuing new water discharge permits for mining-related projects unless they included conditions that implemented the views expressed in EPA's "guidance."
机译:在过去的10个月中,联邦法院第三次宣布环境保护局(EPA)努力对阿巴拉契亚州的煤炭运营施加额外的限制,从而违反了法律。 2012年7月31日,哥伦比亚特区联邦地方法院撤销了EPA关于与煤炭有关的水许可行动的“指导备忘录”。该指南旨在为工程师团和西弗吉尼亚州环境保护局(WVDEP)之类的州机构建立一些“建议”和“建议”,以便在处理与采矿相关的许可证申请时“考虑”。建议之一是,许可证应限制采矿作业排放物中的电导率水平,以确保符合“叙述性水质标准”,例如要求排入州水域的水不会对水生生态系统造成“重大不利影响” 。电导率是水导电性的一种度量,被认为是水中总溶解固体(TDS)浓度的粗略替代。 EPA和阿巴拉契亚州均​​未采用电导率的水质标准。但是,两年多来,国家机构一直被有效地阻止为与采矿有关的项目颁发新的排水许可证,除非它们包括执行EPA“指南”中表达的观点的条件。

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