By Sean Ryan A new federal runoff rule guarantees that contractors and developers will add a position to many construction sites in Wisconsin: water quality tester. “The one kind of negative thing, from our perspective, is that because there is ...

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By Sean Ryan Environmental groups can expect a fight if they follow through with their threat to sue the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to encourage new rules regulating phosphorous levels in water. Seven environmental organizations are trying to get the ...

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By Sean Ryan Public wastewater utilities argue they cannot afford projects to satisfy new phosphorous rules for water quality that environmental groups are demanding. Seven environmental groups on Monday told the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency that they plan to sue ...

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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Monday requested proposals for projects to clean up the Great Lakes. The EPA received $475 million as part of the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, and most of the money is to be awarded through ...

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WASHINGTON – The Environmental Protection Agency on Monday issued a final rule to help reduce water pollution from construction sites. The agency believes the rule, which takes effect in February 2010 and will be phased in over four years, will ...

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By KEN THOMAS Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The fleet of new cars and trucks sold to U.S. consumers averaged 21 miles per gallon in the 2008 model year, a modest increase over the previous year, the Environmental Protection ...

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CHICAGO – The Environmental Protection Agency will hold a public hearing on the proposed greenhouse gas emissions thresholds as they apply to new or existing industrial facilities. The program would cover almost 70 percent of nation’s total GHG emissions from ...

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By JOHN FLESHER AP Environmental Writer TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — Thousands of fish may die when poison is dumped into a canal near Lake Michigan, but it’s necessary to prevent an onslaught of Asian carp that could devastate the ...

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Wisconsin contractors can go to a state department, rather than the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, to get a license to work on projects that involve lead paint removal. The Wisconsin Department of Health Services became the first state department in ...

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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 has reached an agreement with Mercury Waste Solutions LLC, Union Grove, resolving alleged violations of federal rules on hazardous waste and toxic substances. The company, which recovers and recycles metallic mercury, has agreed ...

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