Clean-Water-Act

Bush Administration Redefines Mining Waste as Fill Material to Enable Mountaintop Removal

2002-05-17 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 7/10

The Bush administration’s Environmental Protection Agency and Army Corps of Engineers jointly revise Clean Water Act regulations to classify mining debris and waste rock as “fill material” that can legally be dumped into streams and valleys. The rule change enables the coal …

George W. Bush U.S. Environmental Protection Agency U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Coal Industry environmental-destruction regulatory-capture coal-industry administrative-corruption clean-water-act +2 more

Clean Water Act Passes Over Nixon Veto After Industry Fails to Block Strong Provisions

1972-10-18 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 8/10

On October 18, 1972, Congress overrode President Nixon’s veto of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act Amendments, known as the Clean Water Act. The overwhelming bipartisan override (52-12 in the Senate, 247-23 in the House) represented a rare defeat for industrial polluters who had lobbied …

Richard Nixon Edmund Muskie American Petroleum Institute Chemical Manufacturers Association National Association of Manufacturers +1 more environmental clean-water-act regulatory-capture corporate-lobbying pollution +1 more