Tag: Clean Water Act

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Industry roundup: EPA and Army propose to amend effective date of 2015 WOTUS rule
The EPA and the U.S. Department of the Army proposed that the rule would not go into effect until two years after actions taken on Nov. 16 were finalized.
November 28, 2017
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EPA decides to rescind disputed Waters of the United States rule
The WOTUS rule, also known as the Clean Water Rule, empowers the federal government to protect the navigable waters of the US, such as large rivers and lakes.
June 28, 2017
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NALP roundup: Long-term solution on the horizon for H-2B?
Secretary of Homeland Security John Kelly said he wished H-2B was one of the things he didn’t have discretion in. All the details here at Total Landscape Care!
June 2, 2017
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Trump signs executive order to revise WOTUS rule
President Donald Trump signed an executive order for the heavily opposed WOTUS rule to be reevaluated by the EPA and the Army Corps yesterday. Read more on TLC!
March 1, 2017
President Trump signed the executive order on the WOTUS rule on Feb. 28.
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As expected, Obama quashes attempts to scuttle water rule
The National Association of Landscape Professionals is among numerous groups fighting the WOTUS rule, which outlines EPA’s authority over small bodies of water.
January 20, 2016
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Supreme Court to review jurisdictional rights of WOTUS rule
According to the Associated Equipment Distributors, the Supreme Court has decided to take on Hawkes Co. Inc. vs. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
December 23, 2015
This past October, a federal appeals court blocked enforcement of the WOTUS rule to allow time for extensive litigation against the Environmental Protection Agency and Army Corps of Engineers to play out.
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Landscapers’ trade group praises WOTUS injunction
The landscapers’ association is pushing Congress to permanently block EPA from enforcing its new Waters of the United States rule in at least 13 states.
August 31, 2015
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Earth Day, then and now
Many of today’s landscape professionals weren’t yet born when the first Earth Day was commemorated on April 22, 1970. Forty-five years ago, the price of gallon of gas was $.36, and the average cost of a new home was $23,450. Richard Nixon was serving as the 37th President of the United States (he would become the […]
April 22, 2015
Thousands of people jam a quadrangle at Independence Mall in Philadelphia during Earth Day activities in 1970. Photo: NBC News.
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Making Waves
Already rigorously regulated by the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), aquatic herbicide application gained a whole new level of scrutiny when, in 2009, it was wrapped into the Clean Water Act, as well.
October 30, 2013
Water lillies and water hyacinth Photo: Clemson Cooperative Extension
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