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Harmful Development |
| • (Advocacy success) Hopewell Township Protected from Sewer Extention and Massive Development |
| • (Advocacy success) Mercer County Incinerator Rejected |
| • (Litigation success) Route 202 Highway Bypass Prevented |
| • (Advocacy success) Protected Petty's Island from Development -- At Least For Now |
| , Petty's Island |
| • (Current issues) Petty's Island Protected -- Big Win for the River |
| Artificial Turf |
| • (Letter) Artificial Turf vs. Natural Grass at Radnor Middle School -- Letter to School Board |
| • (Letter) Artificial Turf at the Middle School -- Commissioners Letter |
| • (Fact Sheet) Fact Sheet -- Artificial/Synthetic Turf |
| • (Advocacy success) Defeated Artificial Turf at Radnor Middle School |
| Easton Parking Authority |
| • (Press releases) Delaware Riverkeeper Network Files for Injunction to Stop Floodplain Development |
| • (Press releases) Preliminary injunction hearing on Easton Riverwalk |
| • (Testimony) Easton Riverwalk -- Testimony on Environmental Assessment |
| • (Press releases) Court Rules On Easton's Riverwalk Transportation Development Project |
| Floodplain Development |
| • (Litigation success) Delaware Riverkeeper Network Challenges New Floodplain Development |
| • (Current litigation) The Federal Transit Administration decided to partially fund a 12-story bus terminal, parking garage, commercial and condominium development in the floodplain of the Delaware River in the Easton, PA historic district. DRN filed suit claiming violations of NEPA and E.O. 11988 (limitations on floodplain development). In response, FTA revoked its categorical exclusion from NEPA determination and has begun to prepare an environmental assessment but the local agency constructing the project has asserted that it can move forward with construction without federal funds, which would be used later to reimburse the costs of construction. Motion for preliminary injunction was filed and a hearing was held December 13, 2007; a decision is still awaited. Additionally, DRN has submitted substantial comments and documentation demonstrating the gross inadequacy of the draft EA, which eliminates from consideration all alternative locations. |
| • (Urgent action) Urge Action to Better Protect our Communities From Flooding, Pollution, and Environmental Harm. |
| • (Advocacy success) Protected Pennsauken Creek from 308 Unit Development Project |
| • (Comment) Venice Island -- Stop Development in the Floodway |
| Incinerators |
| • (Fact Sheet) Incineration Threat to the Delaware River One Down; More to Come? |
| Ithan Creek |
| • (Press releases) Citizens Band Together to Challenge Development That Threatens Historic Community and Ithan Creek |
| • (Fact Sheet) O’Neill Properties Development - Conestoga Road and Route 320 |
| Petty´s Island |
| • (Press releases) Cherokee Redevelopment -- Pennsauken Waterfront Redevelopment Project |
| • (Press releases) Petty's Island Saved Forever |
| • (Press releases) NJDEP terminates agreement with Pennsauken and Cherokee |
| • (Press releases) Statement on Petty's Island |
| Rt 29 |
| • (Fact Sheet) Rt. 29 Plan to Fill in Part of the Delaware River will Harm NJ and PA River Communities |
| Saba Tract |
| • (Fact Sheet) Save the Wetlands at the Maple Point Extension |
| Shallow Water Habitats |
| • (Advocacy success) Shallow Water Fish Habitat Saved from Trenton Wharf Reconstruction |
| Steep Slopes |
| • (Advocacy success) Stockton Bluffs Protected |
| Stormwater |
| • (Current litigation) Highways are among the most significant sources of water quality degradation, especially due to their secondary, sprawl inducing effects. The Clinic is addressing the negative impacts of roads and other infrastructure in the watershed. Most recently on this front DRN joined Buckingham Township in suing the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation for a proposal for an oversized and environmentally damaging highway, resulting in a substantial scaling back of the project and other improvements. DRN submitted an amicus brief supporting an appeal by Buckingham Township seeking attorneys fees, which resulted in a landmark decision by the PA Supreme Court confirming that Pennsylvania law strongly favors the awards of attorneys fees to plaintiffs in such cases and rejecting the U.S. Supreme Court's restrictive federal law precedent in Buckhannon. DRN sought leave to participate in the remand proceedings before the PA DEP Environmental Hearing Board and filed documents to secure attorneys fees. Our attorney fees request was ultimately denied. |
| • (Press releases) Court Upholds NJ's Buffer Rule -- DRN Claims Important Regional and National Precedent |
| Sugarhouse Casino |
| • (Comment) Sugarhouse Casino Letter re Sewage Disposal Plan |
| • (Letter) Sugarhouse Casino -- Stay out of our Riparian Lands |
| • (Comment) Sugarhouse Casino -- Letter Re Army Corps Permit |
| SugarHouse Casino |
| • (Press releases) Neighbors and Riverkeeper Challenge Approval of SugarHouse Casino Sewage Plan |
| • (Press releases) Neighbors and Delaware Riverkeeper Reach Settlement with Department of Environmental Protection on SugarHouse Sewage Plan |
| Upper Delaware |
| • (Fact Sheet) Timbering in the Upper Delaware |
| Wetlands |
| • (Litigation success) Wetlands Spared from Giant Supermarket |
| • (Current litigation) Poszgai Contempt Motion - The Clinic has supported the U.S. in the landmark Clean Water Act enforcement case against John Poszgai, who flagrantly and repeatedly filled wetlands in knowing violation of the CWA. DRN intervened in the case and in September 2006 filed a brief supporting the government's position that the recent Supreme Court decision in the Rapanos case did not obviate Poszgai's obligation to comply with the district court's order to restore the wetlands. |
| • (Advocacy success) 28 Acres Wetlands and Woodlands (Saba Tract) Protected from Development |
| Woodlands/Forests |
| • (Advocacy success) Saddler's Woods (McArthur Woods) Protected and Restored |
| • (Advocacy success) Levin Tract Woods and Wetlands Protected from Detention Basin Development |
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Regulation and Law |
| • (Current issues) Support Extra Protections for the Upper Perkiomen |
| • (Litigation success) Court Strikes Down EPA Regulations Regarding Cooling Water Fish Kills |
| Clean Water Act 316(b) -- Cooling Water Intake Structures |
| • (Current litigation) Section 316b of the Clean Water Act mandates that facilities minimize the adverse environmental imact, the fish kills, that occur as the result of cooling water intake structures. In 2007, DRN was part of a major legal success securing a second circuit opinion knocking down damaging EPA regulations implementing 316b and offering powerful guidance about how it should in fact be implemented. As a result, all of the watershed states are facing decisions about how they will act upon and implement 316b. Permits are starting to be issued by the states, demonstrating how they plan to interpret and implement the legal decision and 316b. DRN is watchdogging the process in all three states. |
| Forest Stewardship |
| • (Testimony) Forest Stewardship Bill A3239 |
| • (Urgent action) Forest Stewardship |
| PCB Regulations |
| • (Urgent action) PCBs are a Dangerous Toxin in Our River Support Strong Regulations to Get Them Out |
| Special Protection Waters |
| • (Letter) Letter to DRBC -- Supporting Special Protection Waters Designation for the Lower Delaware |
| • (Advocacy success) Special Protection Waters Designation for the Lower Delaware |
| • (Advocacy success) Special Protection Waters Designation for the Upper and Middle Delaware |
| • (Advocacy success) Special Protection Waters Designation for the Lower Delaware River |
| • (Press releases) Lower Delaware Granted Special Protection Waters Designation by the DRBC |
| • (Fact Sheet) Special Protection Waters Designation for the Lower Delaware River |
| TMDLs |
| • (Fact Sheet) Enforcing the Clean Water Act: TMDLs and Water Quality Limited Segments |
| Water Quality |
| • (Litigation success) Pozsgai's Ordered to Restore Illegally Filled Wetlands. |
• (Current litigation) Delaware Riverkeeper Network & Delaware Riverkeeper et. al. v. NY State Department of Environmental Conservation: The Delaware Riverkeeper Network, The Humane Society of the United States, the Delaware Riverkeeper, and American Littoral Society filed suit in the New York Supreme Court challenging the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation's concealment of the terms of water pollution permits issued to Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (CAFOs). The suit asks the court to order NYSDEC to release the records publicly.
CAFOs are large scale "factory farm" facilities that raise animals for meat, eggs, and dairy. The animals, who are often so intensively confined they can barely move, produce massive amounts of manure and have degraded water quality in lakes and streams across the country. At least two intensive confinement facilities, both undergoing expansion, are located in the Delaware River Watershed on the Middle Mongaup River. One of them, Hudson Valley Foie Gras has a history of violations of its discharge permits, spilling manure and releasing bacteria and chlorine into the river. This lawsuit seeks access to permit-required documents key to assessing the environmental safety of the facility, documents that State law requires be publicly available. |
| • (Fact Sheet) Subchapter 8: "The Septic Rule" |
| • (Fact Sheet) Hudson Valley Foie Gras Pollution Middle Mongaup River |
| • (Comment) New Jersey's Watershed Rule Comment Letter |
| • (Comment) EPA Comment Re: Curtis Paper Mill Site |
| • (Press releases) Environmental and Animal Protection Groups Join Together To Stop Water Pollution from Foie Gras Factory Farm |
| • (Press releases) John Pozsgai Finally Held Accountable for |
| • (Press releases) Lawsuit Challenges Factory Farm Secrecy |
| • (Press releases) Lower Macungie Signs on to Protect Clean Water of the Upper Perkiomen Creek |
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