Environmental Geochemistry Issues Semi-Monthly

Trump administration takes key step to open Alaskan wildlife refuge to drilling by end of the year (Miranda GREEN, The Hill ; September 12, 2019) https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/461161-trump-administration-to-open-alaskan-wildlife-refuge-to-drilling-by By U.S. Energy Information Administration - Northern Alaska National Wildlife Range (ANWR), Coastal Plain 1002 Area , Public Domain, Link Featured Documentation: Coastal Plain Oil and Gas Leasing Program - Final Environmental Impact Statement (Volumes 1-3) ( DOI-BLM-AK-0000-2018-0002-EIS ; September 12, 2019) https://eplanning.blm.gov/epl-front-office/eplanning/planAndProjectSite.do?methodName=dispatchToPatternPage&currentPageId=152110 Also... See the Scars That  Oil Exploration Cut Across Alaska’s Wilderness (Henry FOUNTAIN, New York Times ; August 3, 2018) https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/03/climate/alaska-anwr-seismic-testing-tracks.html Sunset in Tetlin National Wildlife Refuge, Alask...

New!   Definition of “Waters of the United States”:  Rule Status and Litigation Update ( U. S. EPA ; October 22, 2019) https://www.epa.gov/wotus-rule/definition-waters-united-states-rule-status-and-litigation-update N. B.:  Final Rule will take effect on December 23, 2019 . _________________________ EPA, U. S. Army Repeal 2015 Rule Defining "Water of the United States" Ending Regulatory Patchwork (News Release, U. S. EPA ; September 12, 2019) https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/epa-us-army-repeal-2015-rule-defining-waters-united-states-ending-regulatory-patchwork ... and from my personal website... EPA Rollback of 2015 WOTUS Rule https://cmeilinghamilton.com/2019/09/13/epa-rollback-of-2015-wotus-rule/ Wetlands in Innuko Refuge By U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Original uploader was  Mattisse  at  en.wikipedia  - Transferred from  en.wikipedia  (Original text :  http://www.fws.gov/digitalmedia/FullRes/natdiglib...

Excessive heavy-metal contamination found in groundwater at Duke plant  (Buster THOMPSON, Citrus County Chronicle ; August 12, 2019) https://www.chronicleonline.com/news/local/excessive-heavy-metal-contamination-found-in-groundwater-at-duke-plant/article_4ac2c09a-b948-11e9-84d0-0fc53c60c372.html Featured Documentation : CCR Assessment of Corrective Measures  Report (Project FR3319,  Geosyntec Consultants, Inc. ; June 2019) https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/chronicleonline.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/3/35/335d835c-b94a-11e9-acfb-4f25e718ed2d/5d4b27bc7e42f.pdf.pdf N. B. : Provided within the aforementioned Citrus County Chronicle Article! Back-Scattered Electron Micrograph of Coal Fly Ash (2012) By wabeggs - Own work , CC BY-SA 3.0 , Link