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Government
April 29, 2021
Governor Signs Bill Repealing Most State Protections for Wetlands into Law UPDATE
New law removes state protections and permitting requirements for more than half of all state wetlands and weakens protections for most remaining wetlands.
April 29, 2021
EPA Tightens Exemption Allowing PFAS Chemicals to Skip Full Chemical Reviews
Obscure Toxic Substances Control Act exemption allowed PFAS chemicals to avoid review.
April 27, 2021
IU Professor Confirmed as EPA Deputy
Janet McCabe was narrowly confirmed by a vote of 52 to 42.
April 27, 2021
Dozens of Groups Ask Governor to Veto Controversial Wetlands Bill
Representatives from more than 100 groups representing tens of thousands of Hoosiers delivered a letter to Gov. Eric Holcomb, asking him to veto a bill that would eliminate state protections for most Indiana wetlands.
April 22, 2021
Groups Want Biden Administration to Scrap Trump Rule on Industrial Polluter Negligence
Rule would allow individual states to determine the level of standard required to prove industrial polluters were negligent in upholding permitting requirements, potentially allowing special interests to influence local enforcement of federal Clean Water Act permits.
April 20, 2021
Inland stream trout season in Indiana opens April 24
Indiana Department of Natural Resources staff have stocked more than 23,000 rainbow trout.
April 20, 2021
Bill establishing state coal ash permitting program heads to the governor
Bill would allow state to apply for a state coal ash permitting program under federal law.
April 13, 2021
House amendment pares down wetland protections
The bill moves to the Senate.
April 8, 2021
Pared Wetlands Bill Removes Protections for Temporary Streams, Adds Exemptions for Croplands
Amendment to Senate Bill 389 excludes ephemeral streams from state protections, reduces mitigation ratios and provides further exemptions for croplands.
March 31, 2021
Indiana investigating second bald eagle death
DNR conservation officers are investigating the shooting deaths of two juvenile bald eagles near Shelburn.
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