National Environmental Law Center Report: Summer 2006

Report: National Environmental Law Center

Summer 2006

Offices in Boston, Seattle and San Francisco

Vol. 12, No. 1

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In this issue:

R.I. Lawsuit Targets Air, Water Pollution

NELC Challenges Dioxin Waste Site

NELC Challenges Pacific Surimi’s Discharge Permit

A History Of Protecting Saginaw Bay

Theresa Labriola Joins NELC Staff

Interview With U.S. PIRG’s Anna Aurilio

Recent Litigation At A Glance

MICHIGAN
NELC filed suit to force the Army Corp of Engineers to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement before disposing of dioxin-contaminated sediment from Upper Saginaw River, 5/06.

OREGON
NELC submitted comments to the state DEQ challenging Pacific Surimi’s proposal for a new wastewater discharge permit, leading DEQ to require additional water quality studies and monitoring, 11/05.

RHODE ISLAND
NELC filed suit against Bradford Dyeing Association, Inc., for violations of the Clean Water and Clean Air Acts, 8/05. Settlement negotiations in progress, 6/06.

National Environmental Law Center Report is the report of the National Environmental Law Center, a nonprofit, nonpartisan research and litigation organization working to stop polluters through legal action and pollution prevention policies.

Director of Litigation:
Charles C. Caldart

Litigation Staff:
Sarah Bergman
Theresa Labriola
Joshua Kratka
Joseph Mann
Stephanie Matheny

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