Sentences with phrase «water act standards»

Mayor Landrieu's predecessors both attempted to privatize the city's water, arguing it would keep rates down as the city undertook costly repairs to bring the system in line with the Clean Water Act standards.

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Specific policies include researching methods to improve indoor air quality; instituting a Clean Water Act to ensure Albertans have safe drinking water; protecting provincial parks and ecological reserves; requiring government to meet high environmental standards in their operations; requiring Ecological Assessments for all large projects in the province; and establishing an Alberta environmental ombudsman and elected Ecological Impact Assessment Review Panels to monitor environmental impacts and halt projWater Act to ensure Albertans have safe drinking water; protecting provincial parks and ecological reserves; requiring government to meet high environmental standards in their operations; requiring Ecological Assessments for all large projects in the province; and establishing an Alberta environmental ombudsman and elected Ecological Impact Assessment Review Panels to monitor environmental impacts and halt projwater; protecting provincial parks and ecological reserves; requiring government to meet high environmental standards in their operations; requiring Ecological Assessments for all large projects in the province; and establishing an Alberta environmental ombudsman and elected Ecological Impact Assessment Review Panels to monitor environmental impacts and halt projects.

-- Stalled meeting delays Cuomo promises on water contamination limits - POLITICO's Marie French and Nick Niedzwiadek: The state has yet to reschedule a postponed meeting to discuss limits on emerging contaminants in drinking water — stalling action on new standards that Gov. Andrew Cuomo's administration promised to implement if the federal government did not act.

STILL NO NEW WATER STANDARDS — POLITICO's Marie J. French and Nick Niedzwiadek: The state has yet to reschedule a postponed meeting to discuss limits on emerging contaminants in drinking water — stalling action on new standards that Gov. Andrew Cuomo's administration promised to implement if the federal government did notWATER STANDARDS — POLITICO's Marie J. French and Nick Niedzwiadek: The state has yet to reschedule a postponed meeting to discuss limits on emerging contaminants in drinking water — stalling action on new standards that Gov. Andrew Cuomo's administration promised to implement if the federal government did notwater — stalling action on new standards that Gov. Andrew Cuomo's administration promised to implement if the federal government did not act.

«We really want to see the state act very quickly to set a drinking water standard.

We need to clarify the original intent of the Clean Water Act to ensure that these essential waterways meet basic safe water standWater Act to ensure that these essential waterways meet basic safe water standwater standards.

But the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)-- empowered by the federal Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) of 1974 (and amended in 1986 and 1996) to set national safety standards — has urged communities since 1996 to cut back on chlorine, which produces harmful by - products when added to water, including trihalomethanes and haloacetic acids, known cancer - causing agWater Act (SDWA) of 1974 (and amended in 1986 and 1996) to set national safety standards — has urged communities since 1996 to cut back on chlorine, which produces harmful by - products when added to water, including trihalomethanes and haloacetic acids, known cancer - causing agwater, including trihalomethanes and haloacetic acids, known cancer - causing agents.

Although the Clean Water Act strictly regulated point - source pollution, mandating sewage treatment standards, it did not similarly restrict more diffuse sources, such as nutrients delivered by agricultural and suburban runoff.

During the 1994 reauthorization of the federal Elementary and Secondary Education Act, which ultimately forced the states to begin developing their accountability systems, Shanker was a staunch proponent of tough standards, and penned a pivotal article blasting a proposal to water down the bill.

She's also a major proponent of what's known as Act 90, the new so - called «puppy mill law» in Wisconsin that sets strict standards for housing, feeding, watering and exercise in regulated facilities.

The Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act imposes requirements to minimize impacts on the land and on natural channels, such as requiring that water discharged from mines will not degrade stream water quality below established standards.

Appliance efficiency standards: The National Appliance Energy Conservation Act of 1987 established minimum efficiency standards for major home appliances, including furnaces, central and room air conditioners, refrigerators, freezers, water heaters, dishwashers, and heat pumps.

(ii) A water heater that meets an efficiency standard that is the same or equivalent to the standard provided in Section 1333 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 and has the smart grid capability specified in paragraph (5).

Recognition of plastic pollution under the Clean Water Act will enable states to develop water - quality standards to finally begin curbing the amount of plastic trash dumped on our beaches and in our ocWater Act will enable states to develop water - quality standards to finally begin curbing the amount of plastic trash dumped on our beaches and in our ocwater - quality standards to finally begin curbing the amount of plastic trash dumped on our beaches and in our oceans.

Under her leadership, the EPA has taken sensible and important steps to protect the air we breathe and the water we drink, including implementing the first national standard for harmful mercury pollution, taking important action to combat climate change under the Clean Air Act, and playing a key role in establishing historic fuel economy standards that will save the average American family thousands of dollars at the pump, while also slashing carbon pollution.

Alleys are designed to hold garbage and to drain water away, so they tend to be designed with a steep embankment that often does not meet Americans with Disabilities Act standards.

«Americans should go childless, or limit themselves to a single offspring, as an act of patriotism,» said Ehrlich, who warns that expanding consumption will damage our life - support systems — causing a decline of food security and depletion of water recourses — and a possibly severe decline in standards of living.

The EPA study says water tested downstream from mining debris had high levels of hazardous chemicals constituting a «violation of water quality standards» in the Clean Waterwater tested downstream from mining debris had high levels of hazardous chemicals constituting a «violation of water quality standards» in the Clean Waterwater quality standards» in the Clean WaterWater Act.

Now that the Fish Legal judgment is out, it is only a matter of time before requests are made by a range of people including those acting for house buyers to inspect for example, the drainage records of any given street, for a fraction of the cost of a standard water & drainage search.

Provided legal project management and legal services, including Connecticut Environmental Policy Act (CEPA) evaluations, a master agreement with the state and municipality, a strategic zoning revision, site remediation, and the negotiation of «clean standard» and Environmental Land Use Restrictions, wetland and water resource permitting, and local permits and approvals.

Defended a food industry client in a citizen suit in California alleging Clean Water Act violations of pre-treatment standards; and

Reported cases include: Gill v Meyers (reasonableness and UCTA), Films Rover v Cannon Film Sales (test for grant of mandatory interlocutory injunction), Standard Chartered Bank v PNSC and others (for SGS); Mattis v Toussaint (acted for defendant in successfully resisting claim for finder's fee in respect of stolen painting), Yukong Lines v Rendsburg — The Rialto (tortious conspiracy and ancillary injunctive relief against controller of corporation), REC v Thames Water (test for grant of interlocutory injunction in field of electricity supply), De Molestina and Others v Ponton (acted for defendant in successfully rescission of share distribution agreements), and Marubeni Corporation v Government of Mongolia (claim on state guarantee)

• Worker safety standards enforced under the Occupational Safety and Health Act and the Mine Safety and Health Act • Clean Water Act permitting of wastewater and stormwater discharges • Clean Air Act emissions regulation • Hazardous waste management and underground storage tank requirements under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) • Spill and chemical reporting and release prevention under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA), Emergency Planning and Community Right - to - Know Act, Oil Pollution Act, and Clean Water Act • Regulation of chemical manufacturing and distribution under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) • Environmental disclosures under Regulation S - K of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and corporate reporting of environmental, social and governance (ESG) matters to the public and interested investors

National drinking water standard goes into effect, three years after the Safe Drinking Water Act is pawater standard goes into effect, three years after the Safe Drinking Water Act is paWater Act is passed.

The committee also deems LEED to be the primary way to show how agency buildings use energy and water and decided that LEED standards are the most conducive to meet the Energy Independence and Security Act.