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Regulation and Law Remember the River Sewage Dumping
Species at Risk Stormwater Waste Dumping
Water Quality Threat Water Diversions  


Agency Guidance

DRBC
• (Comment) Comments to DRBC on Integrated listing methods for 2010


Best Practices

Buffers 100
• (Letter) Governor Rendell -- Support Buffers, Reject Weakening PA Law
Floodplains And Buffers
• (Advocacy success) Riparian Corridor Created in Camen County
• (Fact Sheet) Riparian Buffers
• (Press releases) Environmental groups and legislators call for forested buffers to protect PA strems and communities
• (Fact Sheet) Wide Riparian Zones Need to be Protected
• (Fact Sheet) Vegetated Buffers, Open Space and Greenways
Native Plants
• (Fact Sheet) Plant a native landscape
• (Fact Sheet) Natural Open Space
Stormwater
• (Press releases) Delaware Riverkeeper and Radnor Township Announce Public Meeting To Save Wetlands and Enhance Radnor Township
• (Fact Sheet) Rapid Infiltration & Overland Flow
• (Fact Sheet) "Green" yards protect streams
• (Press releases) NJ 300 Foot Buffer Rule Upheld by Highest State Court
• (Press releases) Watershed Stream School: Techniques to Monitor and Protect Your Local Stream
Wastewater Treatment
• (Fact Sheet) Natural Wastewater Treatment: Spray Irrigation
• (Fact Sheet) Natural Wastewater Treatment Systems


Chemical Spill

Wissahickon Creek
• (Press releases) DRN Calls on Culprit to Confess and City to be Vigilant
• (Press releases) Merck Named as Culprit in Wissahickon Creek Fish Kill


Dams, Levees and Flood Control Structures

Dam Removal
• (Advocacy success) Felix Dam To Be Removed
• (Advocacy success) Manatawny Dam Removed
• (Fact Sheet) Background on Dam Removal and River Restoration
• (Letter) Remove the Vincent and Plymouth Dams
Flood Control Dams
• (Fact Sheet) Background on Proposed Dark Hollow Dam
• (Advocacy success) Dark Hollow Dam Defeated
• (Advocacy success) Rock Run Dam Defeated
• (Advocacy success) Chubb Run Dam Defeated
• (Fact Sheet) Rock Run Dam
• (Fact Sheet) Dark Hollow Dam Debate: Voluntary Buyouts -- A Permanent and Effective Solution
• (Fact Sheet) Dark Hollow Dam Debate: Alternative Solutions to Flooding
• (Fact Sheet) About Dark Hollow Park
New York City Reservoirs
• (Press releases) Opinion Piece -- Bigger Dams Not Wanted or Needed on the Delaware
• (Comment) DRBC Flexible Flow Management Plan -- Management of NYC Reservoirs
• (Testimony) Delaware Riverkeeper's Testimony, Before the DRBC regarding NYC Reservoir Management Proposal
Restoring Free Flow Streams and Rivers
• (Advocacy success) Stopped Angelica Dam


Dredging

Delaware Deepening
• (Fact Sheet) Independent scientists challenge Corps' finding of "no significant impact" from dredge toxics in Delaware River sediments
• (Fact Sheet) Delaware Deepening An Economic Shell Game
• (Fact Sheet) Delaware Deepening Dredging Up Toxic Sediments
• (Fact Sheet) The Delaware River Main Channel Deepening Project: Background
• (Comment) Delaware Deepening -- Comment on Army Corps Dec. '08 notice -- More Proof Project a Threat
• (Fact Sheet) The Proposal to Deepen the Delaware River -- A Summary of Key Concerns and Issues
• (Urgent action) Tell Delaware Legislators You Oppose Their Support of Deepening
• (Press releases) Rendell Deceives New Jersey Over Deepening
• (Press releases) Deepening Decision Appealed
• (Press releases) Judge's Injunction on Deepening a Sign of Things to Come Say Environmental Challengers
• (Press releases) Delaware Deepening Twice Challenged In Court by Citizen Environmental Organizations
• (Press releases) Delaware Riverkeeper Hails Decision by Delaware and New Jersey to Legally Challenge Army Corps and its Deepening Project
• (Press releases) NJ's Constitutional Powers Attacked by Army Corps -- environmentalists Urge Legal Response by Governor
• (Press releases) Congress Places Conditions on Funding for Delaware River Deepening
• (Press releases) Back Room Strategy to Ignore Delaware Permit for Delaware Deepening Uncovered
• (Press releases) Delaware Deepening Denied Needed Permit – Decision Applauded by Environmental Community
• (Press releases) Environmental Organizations Applaud Governor's Stance on Deepening And Increasing Bi-Partisan Opposition by NJ's Elected Leadership
• (Press releases) Petition Filed for Writ to Force Decision on Proposed Deepening
• (Press releases) New Report - Delaware River Deepening Dumped Again
• (Press releases) GAO Agrees to Updated Review of Delaware Deepening
• (Press releases) Documents Released Today Prove Corzine’s Deepening Deal Worthless -- New Jersey will be Dumped on Again
• (Press releases) PA Politics Presents False Promises on the Deepening
• (Press releases) Environmentalists On Hand For Deepening Announcement
• (Press releases) Corzine Dumps on the Delaware: Picks Pennsylvania Politics Over New Jersey Citizens and Environment
• (Press releases) Enviros to the Governors: Don't Deepen the Delaware River
• (Press releases) Army Corps Deepening Release “Shocks the Conscience” says the Delaware’s Riverkeeper
• (Current issues) Dredging Would Contaminate Delaware River
Palmyra Cove
• (Press releases) Bulldozers rev-up to bury Palmyra Cove Nature Park


Endangered Species

Red Knot And Horseshoe Crabs
• (Litigation success) Red Knot rufa Candidate Species for Endangered Species Protection
• (Current litigation) DRN is co-plaintiff in a legal action seeking to resurrect regulations in the State of Delaware that provided for a moratorium on the bait harvest of horseshoe crabs in an effort to ensure enough eggs for a migrating shorebird, the Red Knot rufa. DRN is also co-plaintiff in a suit seeking to force US Fish and Wildlife Service to list the red knot, a small shorebird, as endangered. The red knot is projected to go extinct by 2010 due to the diminishment of its primary food source horseshoe crab eggs.
• (Advocacy success) Horseshoe Crab Moratorium In NJ
• (Advocacy success) Red Knot Successfully Nominated for Top 10 Most Endangered Species of the Nation
• (Comment) DE Regulations to Protect Horseshoe Crabs
• (Testimony) Delaware Riverkeeper Testifies to Protect Horseshoe Crabs and Save Red Knot from Extinction
• (Press releases) Delaware Bay Bird Close to Extinction -- Organizations Fighting for its Protection
• (Press releases) Conservation Groups File Legal Action to Protect Red Knot Shorebird
• (Press releases) Delaware Announces Decision to Protect Horseshoe Crabs and Birds of Delaware Bay
• (Press releases) Conservationists Seek Re-instatement of Delaware Crabbing Moratorium
• (Press releases) New Report Shows Red Knot Faces Extinction
• (Press releases) NJ Marine Fisheries Council Rejects Science; Sets Red Knot on Path to Extinction
• (Press releases) A Victory for Horseshoe Crabs and Shorebirds along New Jersey shores
• (Press releases) Rare Delaware Bay shorebird at risk of extinction


Flood

2006 Flood
• (Press releases) DRN Statement: Flood of 2006


Habitat and Ecosystem Threat

Powerlines
• (Fact Sheet) Power Lines Proposed to Travel Along the Wild and Scenic Delaware River
• (Urgent action) Susquehanna-Roseland Powerlines threaten The Delaware River and Water Gap’s scenic beauty


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


Health Threat

Black Fly Spraying
• (Fact Sheet) Riverview: Bti, Black Fly and the Delaware River Experiment
Fish Advisories
• (Fact Sheet) Mercury in Freshwater Fish


Illegal pollution discharges and/or dumping

Garden State Growers
• (Litigation success) Garden State Growers Horticultural Factory Farm Fined
• (Letter) To DEP Re Garden State Growers Major Threat In Need of DEP Action
• (Letter) Destructive Horticultural Practices -- Garden State Growers
PA DOT
• (Letter) Illegal dumping by PADOT


Invasive Species

Pacific Salmonids
• (Advocacy success) Invasive Pacific Salmonids Kept Out of Delaware River
Zebra Mussels
• (Press releases) Stop the Spread of Invasive Zebra Mussels


Oil Spill

Delaware Bay
• (Press releases) Update: Oil Slick in the Upper Delaware Bay April 25, 2006
• (Press releases) Update:Oil Slick in the Upper Delaware Bay May 1, 2006
• (Press releases) Update: Oil Slick in the Upper Delaware Bay April 28, 2006
• (Press releases) Oil Slick in the Upper Delaware Bay
Delaware River
• (Urgent action) Your Feedback Regarding Oil Spills on the Delaware


Pollution Discharge

• (Comment) Brookshire Developed -- Proposed Pollution Discharge to Perkiomen Creek
• (Comment) Valero pollution discharges -- don't let air pollution become water pollution
PPL Power Plant
• (Press releases) Emergency Coal Waste Basin at Martin's Creek Plant Springs a Leak; Coal Fired Units Shut Down
• (Press releases) DRN files Petition with USEPA Concerning Coal Fly Ash Basin Failures
• (Press releases) Pollution from Ash Pit Moves Downstream and Downwind
• (Press releases) USEPA Reconsiders DRN's Petition for Control over PPL
• (Press releases) PPL Ash Pit Blows Out into Delaware River; Pollution Event Continues During Clean Up
• (Press releases) Storm Flows in Delaware River Spread Pollution From PPL Ash Pit
• (Press releases) USEPA Grants DRN Petition Concerning PPL Martin's Creek Plant
• (Press releases) PPL Power Plant Ash Pit Blows Out Into Delaware River
• (Press releases) PADEP Grant Permit; PPL Reopens Basin and Coal Fueled Units at Martin's Creek Plant


Power Plants

• (Advocacy success) Banks of the Delaware Protected from New Powerplant
• (Comment) Deny Premcor Permit until 316b Fulfilled
• (Comment) Indian River Generating Station -- Enforce 316(b) -- Stop the Fish Kills
Oyster Creek
• (Comment) Oyster Creek -- Stop the Fish Kills
Salem Nuclear Generating Station
• (Fact Sheet) Report on NJPDES Special Conditions
• (Fact Sheet) Salem Nuclear Generation Station's License to Kill
• (Fact Sheet) Killing both marsh and fish
• (Fact Sheet) Largest Predator in the Delaware Estuary
• (Fact Sheet) Killing both marsh and fish
• (Letter) Letter to Commissioner Jackson -- Calling for Cooling Towers at Salem
• (Press releases) Court Strikes Down EPA Regulations Regarding Cooling Water Fish Kills


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


Remember the River

Remember the River
• (Press releases) DRN Announces New Watershed Highway Signs in PA and NJ and New “Remember the River” Campaign


Sewage Dumping

• (Litigation success) Sewage Plant Expansion not Stopped but Regulatory Review Change Resulted
• (Litigation success) Mercer County Corrections Pollution Discharges Stopped
Rancocas Creek
• (Press releases) Delran Wastewater Plant Dumping Sewage
Wissahickon Creek
• (Press releases) Wissahickon Creek Hit Again: DRN Calls for Accountability


Species at Risk

American Shad
• (Comment) American Shad Creel Limit Change in PA
• (Comment) American Shad Creel Limit Change in PA


Stormwater

Regulations
• (Litigation success) NJ 300 Foot Buffer Regulation Upheld by Court
• (Advocacy success) NJ Stormwater Regulations and 300 Foot Buffer Requirements Upheld in Court
• (Comment) Proposed Readoption and Amendment of NJ Stormwater Management Rules, NJAC 7:8
• (Comment) Re: Proposed New Jersey Surface Water Quality Standards


Waste Dumping

VX
• (Litigation success) Plan to Dump VX Nerve Agent Waste into Delaware River Stopped
• (Advocacy success) Plan to Dump VX Nerve Agent Waste into Delaware River Stopped
• (Fact Sheet) Proposal to Treat and Discharge VX Nerve Agent into the Delaware River
• (Fact Sheet) VX Hydrolysate to Dupont?
• (Press releases) Groups from 6 States Urge Safe Destruction Of Nerve Agent Wastes
• (Press releases) VX Proposal Halted by Legislation
• (Press releases) DRN Appeals Army Denial of VX Information
• (Press releases) DRN Calls for 180 Day Reveiw of CDC Report
• (Press releases) Delaware Riverkeeper Network Sues Army to Stop VX
• (Press releases) VX Waste to Dupont in NJ is Dead, Says Dupont
• (Press releases) GAO Discredits Army's VX Destruction Cost Analysis


Water Quality Threat

Alexauken Creek
• (Press releases) Volunteers Needed To Assess the Alexauken Creek
Dupont
• (Letter) PFOA pollution in the vicinity of the DuPont Chambers Works Facility, Deepwater, Salem County, New Jersey
• (Urgent action) Clean Water for New Jersey
• (Fact Sheet) A DUPONT LEGACY: PFOA Pollution
Gas Drilling
• (Comment) E.) Scope Comment
• (Letter) Chester Residents Deserve Hearing On Whether Natural Gas Trucked to and Dumped From Delcora
• (Comment) DRN - DSGEIS Comments
• (Comment) DSGEIS Comments
• (Comment) Determination of the Executive Director Concerning Gas Drilling
• (Letter) Letter to the Editor - Tracy
• (Letter) Letter to the Editor
• (Comment) Comment on 25 PA code Ch. 95 Wastewater Treatment Requirements
• (Fact Sheet) B.)Natural Gas Extraction - What you need to know!
• (Testimony) D.) Verbal Testimony on Oil, Gas, and Solution Mining Regulatory program
• (Fact Sheet) G.) Pittsburgh News Article
• (Fact Sheet) A.) FACT SHEET-Natural Gas Well Drilling and Production
• (Comment) F.) Amicus Brief to PA Supreme Court
• (Comment) C.) COMMENT/LETTERS to DRBC RE: Natural Gas Well Development and Production in the Upper Delaware River Watershed
• (Comment) COMMENT ON CHESAPEAKE DOCKET
• (Press releases) Municipal Right to Control Natural Gas Drilling in Pennsylvania
• (Press releases) DEP ROLLBACK OF CLEAN WATER PROTECTION
• (Press releases) CHESAPEAKE APPALACHIA, LLC, PROPOSED SURFACE WATER WITHDRAWAL PROJECT
• (Press releases) Citizens Journey Up-River as Threat of Natural Gas Fracking Looms in the Delaware
• (Current issues) Natural Gas Development
• (Urgent action) Fast Action Needed to Overturn Natural Gas Environmental Law Exemptions
• (Urgent action) Public Comment is crucial on proposed shale gas projects in the Delaware River Watershed NOW through April 12!


Water Diversions

• (Litigation success) Brandywine Creek Water Diversion Defeated