Clean Water Act

Simulation: Business Regulation Legal Environment of Business Simulation: Business Regulation Alumina Incorporation Alumina Incorporation is an USA-based $4 billion alumni maker. It operates in eight countries around the world with the USA counting for seventy percents of its sales. Situated in the fringes of Lake Dira in the state of Erehwon, Alumina Inc. has business interests in automotive components and manufacture of packaging materials, bauxite mining, etc. Alumina Inc. falls under

above? There are three main federal statutes that can be applied to this situation. The statutes are: 1) Clean Water Act (CWA), 2) Oil Pollution Act (OPA) and, 3) Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA). Clean Water Act CWA § 402 In order to violate Section 402, a plaintiff must prove that the defendant discharged a pollutant into navigable waters from a point source without a permit. Given that Mr. Bankfiend was an investment banker and had no knowledge

fight. We must connect the dots between drinking water quality, global health, and climate change. Solutions to one problem must be solutions for all.” -- Ron Fleischli -- Water Program Director -- When we think about life on earth, what is the main component that other planets do not have in order to sustain life? Although there are many differences between earth and the other planets in the solar system, it is the presence of water on the earth’s surface that makes life possible

enormous issue and it affects more than just the air supply we breath, but also the water we drink and the even the soil we walk on. There are many agencies that monitor and try to prevent the pollution as much as possible, but this issue is too large to face head on. The three major problems are pollution to the water, air and also the land. In the following paragraphs it will explain in what ways we pollute our water, air and earth and then also it will tend to the side of how we are trying to stop

failure to act on managing stormwater can pose even more threatening consequences.

utilities which causes unsanitary conditions and accelerated erosion. Public health and environmental problems occur because Mexico does not have strong environmental policies. Projects to help with these issues have been put into place to help improve water quality. Most of the runoff that is collected in the watershed eventually makes its way into the Tijuana Estuary and along the coastline which can result in economic problems because of beach closures. These areas are also home to many endangered species

control is that our desire for more “stuff” has led to our old stuff being thrown away at an alarming and unnecessary rate. As humans we have impacted the environment in so many different ways. The 3 main pollutants i will be talking to you about is water, air, and soil pollutions since these are the three main ones that are affecting not only us as humans but our planet that we live on.. These three main pollutants have affected the environment in many different ways such as climate change and even

The third largest coal ash spill in United States history has left some citizens in North Carolina fearing their water is not safe to drink. This fear is a result of anywhere between 50,000 and 82,000 tons of coal ash and up to twenty-seven million gallons of contaminated water being dumped into the Dan River in Eden, North Carolina on February 2, 2014. The spill was caused by a busted storm drain pipe that ran under an unlined coal ash pond at Duke Energy’s Dan River Combined Cycle Station (“Duke

Zhuoran Li NRES102: Instructor Carmen Ugarte Boston Environmental Analysis Introduction Over the last few decades, Boston has come across many environmental problems. Air pollution, water contamination and pollution in land resources are identified as primary areas of concerns. Carbon emission and wastage of fossil fuels are the main reasons for pollution. Conservation of energy is very significant. Through utilization of renewable energy sources fossil fuel wastage can be reduced to considerable

Florence and many other independent entities have critiqued the Florence Copper Project, specifically regarding their technology and the environment. The Florence Copper Project must prove its abilities to abide and withhold the state and federal air, water, and worker safety standards or it will again, fail to reach production. The opposition consists mainly of Florence community members as well as a handful of law firms and outsider entities. They view the company as a threat to the eco-system and