I have not done a terribly good job of keeping up to date here. I will now note that I am representing the plaintiffs in federal court in two cases filed this year that concern water quality and the environment. I represent Upper Missouri Waterkeeper and other plaintiffs in a case challenging the U.S. EPA approval of the State of Montana's repealing its numeric nutrient water quality standards, apparently to please municipalities and industries that wish to be allowed to disc

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Yesterday was the first Chicago River Swim in 98 years. The improvement in the Chicago River due to the Clean Water Act, improved...

Details regarding the penalty, supplemental environmental project and fees award can be found here. https://epa.illinois.gov/public-notic...

The serious violations of the Clean Water Act and the Illinois Environmental Protection Act discovered by Cindy Skrukrud and me in 2017...

As discussed in the following memo to Illinois EPA, IEPA continues work to develop National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System...