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Aquifer Exemptions: Sacrificing Groundwater for Oil and Gas Production
Updated National Recommended Water Quality Criteria for the Protection of Human Health
Dear Ms. Bethel,
Thank you for the opportunity to comment on the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) proposed updated human health criteria for 94 chemical pollutants, noticed at 79 Fed. Reg. 27303 (May 13, 2014). Clean Water Action is a one million member organization working in 15 states and at the national level on a wide range of health and environmental issues. The NC Conservation Network is a state-level advocacy group working in partnership with 90 affiliate organizations and over 80,000 supporters to protect public health and the environment across North Carolina. We share an
Put Drinking Water First: Time to Curb Power Plants' Toxic Pollution
Clean Water Action’s analysis of supporting documents for the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Proposed Effluent Limitations Guidelines and Standards for the Steam Electric Power Generating Point Source Category confirms that power plant discharges to surface water often include contaminants that experts consider to be “contaminants of concern” when found in drinking water.
Comments on Effluent Limitations Guidelines and Standards for the Steam Electric Power Generating Point Source Category
Attention Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OW-2009-0819
Comments on Effluent Limitations Guidelines and Standards for the Steam Electric Power Generating Point Source Category
The undersigned organizations appreciate the opportunity to comment on EPA’s proposed Effluent Limitations Guidelines and Standards for the Steam Electric Power Generating Point Source Category. Our organizations urge EPA to select Option 5 for the final rule. Option 5 would eliminate almost all toxic discharges from power plants, reducing pollution by more than 5 billion pounds a year. Strong rules are urgently needed because
Closing the Floodgates
Coal-fired power plants are the largest source of toxic water pollution in the United States, dumping billions of pounds of pollution into America’s rivers, lakes, and streams each year. These pollutants, including lead and mercury, are dangerous to humans and wreak havoc in our watersheds even in very small amounts. It’s time for power plants to stop using our rivers, lakes and streams as open sewers to dump their waste!