Manufacturers Want Trump to Rollback Regulations
FYI—interesting article for METRA members: http://www.environmentalleader.com/2017/01/manufacturers-want-trump-to-rollback-cumbersome-regulations/
Chemicals of concern in surface waters of four Midwestern US national parks
Water samples collected from four Midwestern National Parks reveal a variety of prescription medications, personal care products, and insecticides are contaminating not just urban waterbodies, but even the most remote lakes. A recent journal publication by GLKN aquatic ecologist David VanderMeulen and Sarah Elliott of the U.S. Geological Survey details their results. Read the journal article:
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0048969716325682 or read a short v
Court Order Invalidates FDEP Pollution Notification Rule
On December 30, 2016, Florida Administrative Law Judge Bram D. E. Canter entered a Final Order finding that the Department of Environmental Protection’s (FDEP) proposed rule regarding pollution notification (Rule 62-4.161, F.A.C.) was an invalid exercise of delegated legislative authority. Industry challenged the rule in the state Division of Administrative Hearings in response to the FDEP’s proposal for notification after two high-profile incidents. This rule would have requ