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By Jake Armstrong, The Record, Stockton, Calif.  Jun. 11--TRACY -- An environmental group is appealing Tracy's recently approved permit to release more wastewater into the Old River, claiming it will only add to pollution in the fragile San Joaquin Delta ecosystem.
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By Mike Taugher, Contra Costa Times, Walnut Creek, Calif. Jun. 23--FRESNO -- A federal judge on Friday denied an emergency request to shut down Delta pumping that environmentalists said was needed to prevent an endangered fish from going extinct.
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By Bob Shaw, Pioneer Press, St. Paul, Minn.  Mar. 7--3M Co. has a message for Washington and Dakota counties: Stop worrying about your water.
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By Dave Munday, The Post and Courier, Charleston, S.C.  Dec. 10--SUMMERVILLE -- Dorchester County residents who have been  fighting orders to spend thousands of dollars to tie into county sewer lines  coming their way say they've spotted an exemption in the county's sewer  ordinance.
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Three environmental groups said they intend to sue two poultry processing plants, claiming unlawful discharges of waste into the North Fork of the Shenandoah River.  The companies send waste to a treatment plant in Timberville that the state has taken to court over pollution of the river.
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BARTOW, Fla. - A convenience store owner convicted of selling donated water intended for hurricane victims committed no crime and should be released from probation, an appeals court ruled.
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By Larry Parsons, The Monterey County Herald, Calif.  Dec. 17--A long environmental battle over storm runoff into ocean waters off the Monterey Peninsula is close to over, though several local jurisdictions could still challenge details of the antipollution program.
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By Appeal-Democrat, Marysville, Calif.  Feb. 12--FEB.
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THE Environment Court has fined a farm a record $35,000 for illegally discharging effluent.   Plateau Farms owners Frank, Alan and Elizabeth Crafar pleaded guilty to effluent discharge on one of their Reporoa farms.
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By Robert Boczkiewicz, The Pueblo Chieftain, Colo.  Jun. 6--DENVER -- A judge Tuesday, over objections from Colorado Springs, allowed more instances of pollution spills into Fountain Creek to be added to lawsuits against the city.   Magistrate Judge Boyd Boland of U.S.
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Overturn District Court, Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals verdicts, please
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By Ryan Lafontaine, The Sun Herald, Biloxi, Miss.  Feb. 9--HANCOCK COUNTY -- Rebuilding delayed due to faulty septic tanks   Thousands of property owners hoping to rebuild their homes here will soon find they are stuck between a rock and a smelly place.
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By Lou Grieco Staff Writer  DAYTON -- A Montgomery County Common Pleas Court judge has found that operators of Isotec, the site of a 2003 explosion that evacuated a neighborhood, were negligent.  "We can go to trial and just talk about damages," attorney Richard W. Schulte said.
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By NOAKI SCHWARTZ  JOSHUA TREE, Calif. - From their trailer in the middle of the desert, Larry and Donna Charpied two-finger typed the first lawsuit they filed to stop Los Angeles County from putting one of the nation's biggest dumps on the edge of Joshua Tree National Park. And won.
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By Carlson, Brad  A federal complaint alleges that Bruneau Cattle Co. violated the Clean Water Act.  The Owyhee County feedlot made unauthorized discharges of pollutants into the South Side Canal, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said in a complaint filed early this month.
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By THOMAS CONTENT and LEE BERGQUIST  In a setback for the state's largest utility, a Dane County circuit judge has ruled that a water permit for the $2.2 billion power plant under construction in Oak Creek does not comply with a recent federal appeals court decision.
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By Patrick Lynch, Daily Press, Newport News, Va.  Feb. 17--NEWPORT NEWS -- The Chesapeake Bay Foundation has filed a lawsuit challenging a decision to allow Newport News to continue work on the King William Reservoir.