Environmental Geochemistry Issues Semi-Monthly

Duke Energy Subsidiaries Plead Guilty and Sentenced for Clean Water Act Crimes... (Julia P. VALENTINE, U. S. EPA News Release ; May 14, 2015) http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/12EC4ECA30BE9A5D85257E45006B4215 Scientists Studying Effects of Dan River Coal Ash Spill  (UNC - Gillings School of Public Health) http://sph.unc.edu/superfund-pages/news-events/news-archives/scientists-studying-effects-of-dan-river-coal-ash-spill/ Assessment of Trace Element Impacts on Agricultural Use of Water from the Dan River Following the Eden Coal Ash Spill (HESTERBERG et al., 2014) http://www.danriver.org/content/File/DOC041614-04162014114636.pdf Other Coal Ash Spill Research Studies: Environmental  Impact of Tennessee Valley Authority Kingston Coal Ash Spill  1.  Source Apportionment Using Mercury Stable Isotopes (BARTOV et al., 2012) http://sites.nicholas.duke.edu/avnervengosh/files/2011/08/es303111p_Bartov_etal.pdf Environmental  Impact of Tennes...

EPA Issues Final Rules Protecting Drinking Water, Streams (Mary Clare JALONICK, Associated Press/ABC News ; May 27, 2015) http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/epa-rules-protect-drinking-water-regulate-small-streams-31332848 With New EPA Water Rule, Obama Again takes Executive Action on Environment (William YARDLEY, Los Angeles Times ; May 25, 2015) http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-sej-water-rules-20150525-story.html#page=1 U. S. EPA Website: Clean Water Rule  http://www2.epa.gov/cleanwaterrule Video:  Clean Water is Essential  N. B. :  Please refer to "Blog Archives" my former blog post dated October 3, 2014 entitled "'Waters of the U. S.' Comment Period Extended" for background information concerning the Clean Water Rule.

Pipeline rupture dumps oil along coastline near Refugio (Tyler HAYDEN, Santa Barbara Independent/Santa Maria Times ; May 19, 2015) The Aftermath... New!   Pipeline company found guilty in 2015 California Oil Spill (Amanda Lee MEYERS and Robert JABLON,  Associated Press ; September 8, 2018) https://apnews.com/98c6da87a0f8469a8d401ace5196ff12 Research Publications: Research on coastal bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus), including a photo-indentification catalog, following the 2015 Refugio Beach Oil Spill in Santa Barbara County, California (DEFRAN et al. , 2017) https://swfsc.noaa.gov/publications/TM/SWFSC/NOAA-TM-NMFS-SWFSC-591.pdf Spills of Diluted Bitumen from Pipelines:  A Comparative Study of Environmental Fate, Effects and Response ( National Academies of Science , 2016) https://www.nap.edu/read/21834/chapter/1

Update:  Huge Oversight Gap on Refugio Pipeline in Santa Barbara County (Nick WELSH, Santa Barbara Independent ; May 21, 2015) http:// m.independent.com /news/2015/may/21/ whos -watching-man- whos -watching-pipeline/?templates=mobile Refugio Pipeline Shutdown puts Brakes on Oil Production (Brandon FASTMAN, Santa Barbara Independent ; May 23, 2015) http://m.independent.com/news/2015/may/23/refugio-pipeline-shutdown-puts-brakes-oil-producti/?templates=mobile

Administration Gives Conditional Approval for Shell to Drill in Arctic (Coral DAVENPORT, New York Times ; May 11, 2015) http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/12/us/white-house-gives-conditional-approval-for-shell-to-drill-in-arctic.html?_r=0 N. B.:  Please refer to "Blog Archives" for my original untitled blog post on the subject of Oil Drilling in the Arctic dated 6/9/2013   for more background information.

"Bomb Train" derails in North Dakota, explosion forces village evacuation ( RT.com ; May 6, 2015) http://rt.com/usa/256193-north-dakota-train-blaze/ U. S. Department of Transportation - Federal Railroad Association (FRA) and Pipeline Hazardous Material Safety Administration (PHMSA) Documents : Summary of Enhanced Tank Car Standards and Operational Controls for "High-Hazard Flammable Trains" - Final Rulemaking  Docket No.  PHMSA-2012-0082 (HM-251) (U. S. Department of Transportation - Federal Railroad Association; May 1, 2015 ) http://www.fra.dot.gov/Elib/Document/14509 Hazardous Materials:  Enhanced Tank Car Standards and Operational Controls for High Hazard Flammable Trains - Complete Final Rule   Docket No.  PHMSA-2012-0082 (U. S. Department of Transportation - Federal Railroad Association;  May 1, 2015 ) http://www.fra.dot.gov/Elib/Document/14508 Other California Oil Train News... Phillips 66 project opposed before, during Pismo ...

EPA Cites Bakersfield Oil Train Terminal for Clean Air Act Violations ( Center for Biological Diversity and Earthjustice , May 4, 2015)