MICHIGAN
The District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan ruled that the Army Corps of Engineers is not required to perform an environmental impact statement prior to dredging and disposing of dioxin contaminated sediments from the Upper Saginaw River, 5/07.

LOUISIANA
EPA and industry filed their response in the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals to environmental petitioners’ argument, co-authored by NELC attorneys, that EPA violated the Clean Water Act by failing to regulate cooling water intake structures at existing manufacturing facilities throughout the country, 7/07.

OHIO
NELC attorneys, working with other environmental groups, filed briefs and supporting documents in the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals arguing that EPA violated the law by purporting to exempt pesticide discharges from the Clean Water Act, 9/07.

PENNSYLVANIA
NELC and the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection entered into settlement negotiations with Reliant Energy in twin lawsuits to compel the company to reduce its discharges of heavy metals into the Conemaugh River in accordance with the Clean Water Act and the Pennsylvania Clean Streams Law, 5/07.

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