August 16, 2024
EPN Expresses Concerns Over ACOE Plan for Yazoo Backwater Area
On August 16, 2024, EPN sent a letter to EPA regarding a plan by the Army Corps of Engineers to address flooding in the Yazoo…
CWA: Section 404
October 13, 2023
EPN Comments on Clean Water Act Section 404 Tribal and State Program Regulation
On October 13, 2023, EPN submitted comments on EPA’s proposed rule: Clean Water Act Section 404 Tribal and state program regulation. EPN commends EPA for…
December 14, 2022
EPN Supports EPA Region 10 Bristol Bay Recommended Determination
On December 13, 2022, EPN submitted a letter to the Assistant Administrator of the Office of Water, Radhika Fox, supporting EPA Region 10’s issuance of…
September 6, 2022
EPN Submits Comments on 2022 Bristol Bay Proposed Determination
On September 6, 2022, EPN submitted comments on the 2022 Bristol Bay Proposed Determination. We encouraged the EPA Region 10 Regional Administrator to submit a…
October 15, 2021
EPN Letter on 2008 CWA Final Determination for Mississippi’s Yazoo River Backwater Pumps
EPN sent a letter to EPA's Office of Water on the Trump administration's determination that the proposed 2020 Yazoo Area Pump Project was not subject…
April 29, 2023
Army Corps to Revisit Parts of Pebble’s Permit Application, But Opponents Say Mine Can’t Move Forward
Dennis McLerran, former Regional Administrator, EPA Region 10, was quoted in this article discussing the Army Corps of Engineer’s decision to reconsider portions of Pebble…
January 31, 2023
EPA Blocks Alaska Pebble Mine in Salmon-Rich Bristol Bay Region
Dennis McLerran, former Regional Administrator, EPA Region 10, was quoted in this article regarding EPA’s decision to block development of the Pebble Mine in Alaska’s…
May 25, 2022
Biden EPA Deals Major Blow to Pebble Mine
Dennis McLerran, former Regional Administrator, EPA Region 10, was quoted in this article regarding EPA’s proposal to deny a Clean Water Act permit that would…
November 4, 2021
Top Dem Seeks Probe of Trump EPA’s Handling of Yazoo Pumps
EPN’s letter to EPA regarding the Trump-era reversal of the agency’s 404(c) determination of the Mississippi Delta’s Yazoo Pump project was quoted in this article.
November 1, 2021
Alaska Judge Enables EPA Veto of Pebble Mine
Phil Mancusi-Ungaro, former Attorney-Advisor, Office of Regional Counsel, EPA Region 4, and Dennis McClerran, former Regional Administrator, EPA Region 10, were quoted in this article…