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Tag Archives: enforcement
  • Verso Luke Mill Paper Company Fishkill Investigation

    Verso Luke Paper Company Pollution Report – Certificate of Analysis Received

    on October 18, 2019

    PRKN has received the following analytical results for lab samples sent in on Friday, April 26,…


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  • Enforcement Action Leads to Penalties for Sewage Plant in Lower Potomac

    on September 8, 2017

    Potomac Riverkeeper’s 2016 review of Clean Water Act discharge permits on the Potomac led us to the Winters Apartments Sewage Treatment Plant in St….


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    Acting as the Conscience of Our Own Government

    on August 5, 2016

    Jeff Kelble – President I recently found myself in a discussion with Phillip Musegaas, our legal director, assessing our organization’s work and reflecting on how…


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    Bad Actor vs. Unintentional Failures

    on April 13, 2016

    If you’ve just joined Potomac Riverkeeper Network (PRKN) you may gather that we don’t stop trying to solve a pollution problem when we hit…


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24 Jan

The Trump Administration signed the largest rollback of the #CWA since the modern law was passed in 1972. Help us fight this rule so that half of the country's wetlands don't lose protection! #WOTUS
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23 Jan

Interested in working on clean water issues? Apply to @baytrust's Corps Program, where this year PRKN is one of the many potential Host sites for the 2020-21 service year! Check out: http://ow.ly/OlhM50y3r8U for more info and https://cbtrust.org/prospective/ to find the app.

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