Date registered: November 18, 2011
May 10
Yesterday, May 9th 2013 the Region 3 Office of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) said the Pennsylvania Dept. of Environmental Protection (PADEP) acted within its discretion in listing the Lower Susquehanna River as a ‘Category 3′ waterway with ‘unknown cause(s) of impairment,’ and not a ‘Category 5′ waterway needing a pollution diet (AKA a “TMDL”) on …
May 06
Many of you may recall our long efforts aimed at ensuring a proposed liquefied natural gas (LNG) export terminal, sited in the Chesapeake Bay, undergoes a thorough review process before any decisions are made. Unfortunately those reviews have not occurred and the pressure is on from big business to rush through with the project. A …
Apr 15
That’s right! The Susquehanna Biathlon is back for 2013 with the same unique run-paddle combination and beautiful course! No other event in Central PA combines two of our favorite hobbies – trail running and river paddling – for the best cause of all: supporting clean water. We hope you will run and paddle with us on …
Apr 08
Coal power plants are the largest polluters of water in the United States. This is particularly true for the Susquehanna Watershed. Unfortunately, rules governing the disposal of coal waste in waterways are dangerously out-of-date. That is why Lower Susquehanna Riverkeeper joined a coalition in urging the EPA to update its rules by implementing its proposed …
Mar 25
More than half of U.S. rivers and streams are in poor health, U.S. EPA said in a report released today. The National Rivers and Streams Assessment (click here) is the agency’s first comprehensive survey of waterway health, and it features surveys done by more than 85 field crews during the summers of 2008 and 2009. …
Mar 15
Lower Susquehanna Riverkeeper joined may other organizations this week in urging Congress to adopt Represenative Cartwright’s FRESHER Act. This bill would close a Clean Water Act loophole that exempts oil and gas industry stormwater pollution prevention permit requirement. If passed into law the bill would take the common sense step to repeal this exemption and require …
Mar 05
Ever wonder what type of surface water impacts fracking creates? PNAS recently published a paper examining the extent to which shale gas development activities affect surface water quality in Pennsylvania. Focusing on the Marcellus Shale, the paper suggests that (a) wastewater treatment and disposal and (b) downstream erosion and sedimentation are the biggest concerns for …
Feb 26
On Monday, February 25 Lower Susquehanna Riverkeeper filed comments with Region 3 of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), urging it to partially disapprove Pennsylvania’s 2012 Impaired Waters List. Under the Clean Water Act states must regularly submit a list of waters within the state that are not meeting water quality standards. Water quality standards include …
Feb 25
Lower Susquehanna Riverkeeper submitted comments to the Susquehanna River Basin Commission (SRBC) concerning its Spring 2013 docket, its new proposed rule concerning headwater watersheds, and the continued need for a comprehensive, qualitative and quantitative cumulative impacts study. The Susquehanna River Basin is increasingly subject to competing demands on its landscapes and waterways, particularly with the recent boom …
Feb 24
Lower Susquehanna Riverkeeper joined the Sierra Club, Delaware Riverkeeper Network and many other conservation organizations in telling the Dept. of Energy (DOE) that its economic study of liquefied natural gas (LNG) export is seriously flawed. The DOE is using that study to inform its decision on whether to approve 16 applications for developing export liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminals. …
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