STOCKBRIDGE â Itâs clear sailing on Stockbridge Bowl â for now.
But, if the Eurasian milfoil weeds that bedeviled the state-owned, town-maintained âGreat Pondâ in most previous summers (excluding last year) return, the game plan to attack any infestation remains murky.
A weed-harvesting plan for limited portions of the lake this summer is âalmost finalized,â Town Administrator Michael Canales told the Select Board recently. The details await approval from the state Department of Environmental Protection. And any work by the town harvesters would depend on the extent of renewed weed infestation in a potential state-permitted 10-acre section.
Responding to an Eagle query, Stockbridge Bowl Association President Richard Seltzer said the town has announced plans to seek permits from MassWildlifeâs Natural Heritage and Endangered Species Program for harvesting weeds around the full perimeter of the lake. The associationâs board expects a repo
DEP releases update on Piney Point situation A worker at Piney Point uses a submerged camera to look and evaluation the compartment at NGS -South (Source: DEP) By ABC7 Staff | May 3, 2021 at 5:04 PM EDT - Updated May 3 at 5:04 PM
PALMETTO, Fla. (WWSB) - The Department of Environmental Protection and dive teams utilized submerged cameras and technology to continue monitoring the stone aggregate, geo-composite and steel plate repairs in NGS-South.
So far those fixes appear to be working. Approximately 205 million gallons remain in the NGS-South compartment of the phosphogypsum stacks.
Discharges to Port Manatee ceased April 9, 2021, and have not resumed. DEP is continuing to monitor water samples from Tampa Bay.
University of South Florida shows evolution of pollution from Piney Point Inside look at Piney Point in Manatee County. (Source: WWSB) By Sierra McLean | May 3, 2021 at 9:58 PM EDT - Updated May 3 at 9:58 PM
MANATEE COUNTY, Fla. (WWSB) - The University of South Florida has created a map that shows the evolution of pollution from the Piney Point site.
At the beginning of April, contaminated water started leaking at the Piney Point plant in Palmetto. According to Protecting Florida Together, as of April 10, 215 million gallons were discharged.
As of Monday, approximately 205 million gallons remain in the NGS-South compartment of the phosphogypsum stacks. Discharges to Port Manatee stopped on April 9 and have not resumed.
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May 04, 2021
Governor Tom Wolf has awarded the Governor’s Award of Excellence to two employees of the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP): Jill Whitcomb, director of the Chesapeake Bay Office, and Heidi Kunka, Energy Program specialist, for their successful efforts to improve the Chesapeake Bay Watershed and implement local climate action plans.
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State regulators threw cold water this week on a bid to upgrade the water quality classification of a portion of the Androscoggin River that includes Lewiston-Auburn.
Environmentalists, however, said they were still hopeful lawmakers in Augusta would press forward with a proposal to raise the standard.
Legislators are eyeing a bill by state Sen. Ned Claxton, an Auburn Democrat, that seeks to upgrade the regulatory status of the river to Class B, a move that would add new environmental protection and higher standards for what can be discharged into the waterway.
State Sen. Ned Claxton, D-Auburn