Cleaning River May Cost $2.3B ; EPA Outlines Seven Plans for Restoring the Passaic
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By ALEX NUSSBAUM, STAFF WRITER  Removing the toxic chemicals that foul the lower Passaic River could cost up to $2.3 billion, the federal government said Thursday, as it outlined what could become one of the costliest pollution cleanups in U.S. history.
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Beazer Homes USA Inc.  may be fined more than $1.3 million by the State of New Jersey, which accused the company of violating wetland permits, the company said in a regulatory filing on Friday.
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By Jennifer Amy Myers, The Sun, Lowell, Mass.  Jun. 2--BILLERICA -- In a settlement with state and federal environmental officials, the town has agreed to pay $250,000 in fines for Clean Water Act violations that span more than four decades.
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By Gareth McGrath, Star-News, Wilmington, N.C.  May 30--As if moratoriums and a slowing economy weren't enough,  developers in New Hanover County could soon face higher fees if they want  municipal water and sewer service for their projects.
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By Randy Kraft, The Morning Call, Allentown, Pa.  May 30--Controversy already has splashed an Emmaus inspection program aimed at stopping storm water from getting into sanitary sewer lines.
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Environmentalists concede that an ambitious multistate pledge to clean up the Chesapeake Bay by 2010 will fall short. That's because of the $28 billion cost and because the necessary sewage-treatment upgrades and other improvements will take longer than three years.
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Clean-up continues with waters still rising in some areas.
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By Beth Jones beth.jones@roanoke.com 981-3117  The Tri-County Lake Administrative Commission spent more than $100,000 removing debris from the Roanoke and Blackwater rivers following heavy late-June rains.
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By Julie Scharper, The Baltimore Sun  Jun. 3--On a hazy spring morning, George Malone steers his johnboat toward the head of the Back River in Essex, passing the twin golden domes of the sewage treatment plant and gliding under the Eastern Avenue bridge.
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By Dan Hartzell, The Morning Call, Allentown, Pa.  Sep. 8--Time may be running out for the relatively low trash-collection bills enjoyed by Upper Macungie Township residents.   At the supervisors meeting Thursday night, Supervisor Chairman Porter E.
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LANNON  Voters to make decision on water system  Residents will head to the polls in November for a binding referendum that will decide the fate of a municipal water system that would cost an estimated $3 million.
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By Associated Press  WASHINGTON -- It will cost at least $12 billion to clean up contamination from tens of thousands of gasoline storage tanks that are leaking underground, congressional auditors say.
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By Dori Berman  Lawmakers hoping to improve water quality in the Chesapeake Bay have proposed assessing a fee on all new construction to create a dedicated funding source for bay cleanup programs.
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By Juliann Vachon  Counties in the tri-state are looking for volunteers willing to get their hands dirty combing the shorelines of the Ohio River for trash and debris in the 2007 River Sweep on June 16.
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Using wind to make clean water could be a winning combination.
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GARY, Ind. -- US Steel and seven other companies that have polluted the Grand Calumet River here for years agreed Friday to pay $56 million to settle a lawsuit to pay for its cleanup.
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A massive cleanup plan to restore the Great Lakes for future generations needs to be a priority in Congress this year, lawmakers and environmental activists said Wednesday. Members of Congress representing Great Lakes states outlined a $20 billion plan to improve water quality, restore fish and wildlife around the lakes and guard against invasive species that could inflict economic pain on the region.