A coalition of statewide environmental groups plans to create a scorecard to rate the Alabama Department of Environmental Management's progress on addressing air and water pollution and the overall enforcement of environmental laws.
Representatives of the coalition -- which includes groups such as Conservation Alabama, the Alabama Rivers Alliance, Mobile Baykeeper and the...
By Ben Raines
Published January 16, 2010, Mobile Press-Register
Charging that the Alabama Department of Environmental Management has failed to enforce key sections of the federal Clean Water Act, a coalition of environmental groups has asked the federal government to take away Alabama's regulatory authority.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency would take over, should ADEM lose its authority to regulate water permits under the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System.
"We have received notice of the petition and we will work closely with EPA to address all of the allegations that are contained in the petition. We take very...
