EPA Rule to Aid Tar Creek: More Chat Can Be Removed From Site, Inhofe Claims
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By Jim Myers, Tulsa World, Okla.  Jun. 8--WASHINGTON -- A new federal rule will encourage commercial uses of chat and further the removal of more of the mining waste from the Tar Creek Superfund site, U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe says.
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By Mary Landers, Savannah Morning News, Ga.  Sep. 18--When the neighbors of a proposed sewage treatment plant for Port  Wentworth got wind of its location, they got concerned.
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AURORA __ A Beaufort County strip-mining operation that is one of the regions largest employers is asking regulators to allow it to destroy 2,500 acres of wetlands.
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A Tennessee state inspector had cited a coal company repeatedly for environmental violations. Fred Thompson, the inspector says, got him removed from the case.
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By Tom Incantalupo, Newsday, Melville, N.Y.  Feb. 9--Another federal government agency is criticizing as flawed a study by federal energy regulators that concluded the controversial Broadwater Energy liquid natural gas terminal could be built with minimal environmental impact.
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By Julia Glick, The Press-Enterprise, Riverside, Calif.  Jun. 1--Two environmental groups filed legal action Thursday against  the government agency that approved Desert Hot Springs' annexation of land  where a developer wants to build a golf resort.
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By The Olympian, Olympia, Wash.  Sep. 21--What started out as a simple dredging proposal to improve navigation at the base of Budd Inlet has turned into a costly need to clean up chemical contamination in the inlet.
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A new reporting rule, aimed to ease the burden on small firms, may instead help large companies avoid reporting the amount of toxins they release.
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By Sammy Fretwell, The State, Columbia, S.C.  Jun. 18--Despite federal warnings, the state has not set aside enough money to clean up leaks from buried petroleum tanks that threaten drinking water across South Carolina.
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By Dean Narciso, The Columbus Dispatch, Ohio  Dec. 18--A levee built as a short-term fix to protect a limestone quarry from flooding left a generation of potential problems for the Big Darby Creek.
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Report says agency set limits to line up with the administration's free-market approaches to power plant pollution.
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By Elizabeth Bluemink, Anchorage Daily News, Alaska  Dec. 8--The Army Corps of Engineers this week suspended a wetlands permit for the Rock Creek and Big Hurrah gold mines under construction near Nome.
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By Rob Pavey< Staff Writer  Five environmental groups, including Augusta-based Savannah Riverkeeper Inc., asked a federal panel Tuesday for the authority to make official comments involving the proposed expansion of the Vogtle nuclear generating plant.
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By Gareth McGrath, Star-News, Wilmington, N.C.  Feb. 25--Curtailing new connections into the Northeast Interceptor might  not be enough to stop wastewater flows from increasing through the troubled  sewer line.
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By Bruce Henderson, The Charlotte Observer, N.C.  Feb. 9--Mint Hill, Stallings and Indian Trail will have to limit development in a watershed that's home to an endangered mussel, a state panel ruled Thursday.
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By JULIAN WALKER  The State Water Control Board has another lawsuit on its hands related to a proposed 165-acre mixed-use development in Chesterfield County.
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By Frank Munger, The Knoxville News-Sentinel, Tenn.  Jun. 4--OAK RIDGE -- The cleanup apparently is working.