“Because the rule establishes arbitrary categories of protected waters, EPA and the Army Corps do not have the data necessary to fully identify the waters that will lose protection and they haven’t even assessed the impacts of leaving these waters unprotected where adequate data is available. The Meramec is known for its recreational use and flows for over 220 miles before emptying into the Mississippi River. The Meramec River basin is located in east central Missouri in Crawford, Dent, Franklin, Iron, Jefferson, Phelps, Reynolds, St. Louis, Texas, and Washington counties. %PDF-1.7
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River recreationists and wildlife shouldn’t be swimming in E coli, oil, grease and chlorine. 0000002925 00000 n
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Enviroment Missouri urges the Obama Administration to act quickly to restore Clean Water Act protections to our streams and to turn the tide against toxic pollution of our waterways. “Missouri’s waterways are a polluter’s paradise right now. The loss of protections puts hundreds of endangered species at greater risk of extinction, including the Chiricahua leopard frog, Chinook salmon, and southwestern willow flycatcher.“Trump’s despicable giveaway to polluters will wipe out countless wetlands and streams and speed the extinction of endangered wildlife across the country,” said Brett Hartl, government affairs director at the Center for Biological Diversity. 0000002248 00000 n
�w�k|���ۇ�S��l���*ѵX�? a distance of about 140 river miles; the Big River from its mouth to a point west of Flat River.t a distance of 107 river miles; and the Bourbeuse River … March 18, 2019 Rachel Bartels. The pollution study covered that portion of the Meramec River from its confluence with the Mississippi River to Steel ville. The organizations are represented by the Indian and Environmental Law Group. Public consumption warnings still exist on the tributaries of the Meramec and Big River.Seeking to address the lead contamination, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) serve as members of the Big River Task Force. 0000004554 00000 n
As a result, high levels of heavy metals and lead sediment have entered the Meramec and Big Rivers. h�ēkLTG��,wɺ�㲻 The radical change repeals long-standing protections for wetlands, streams, and rivers that have been in place since the Nixon administration and that are responsible for major improvements in water quality nationwide.President Trump’s Executive Order 13778 required EPA and the Army Corps of Engineers to review the rule defining which waters deserve Clean Water Act protections. 713 0 obj endobj So go outside, take a swim, or go fishing at your favorite spot now, because the deluge of pollution unleashed by Donald Trump will soon touch waterways from coast to coast.”The final rule limits protections only to wetlands and streams that are “physically and meaningfully connected” to larger navigable bodies of water. “We cannot stand idly by while important clean water protections are dismantled.”“Most of the waterways that crisscross Palm Beach County between Lake Okeechobee and the Lake Worth Lagoon will lose protection with this rule change, needlessly endangering the environment and public health, and allowing polluters to ruin the foundation of our economy,” said Reinaldo Diaz, Lake Worth Waterkeeper. The Meramec River is one of the longest free-flowing waterways in Missouri and among the most biologically diverse and significant river basins in mid-continental North America. That’s why when Great Rivers was approached by our client, the Missouri Confluence Waterkeeper, with concerns that a Valley Park Motomart gas station was discharging these pollutants into the Meramec River, we took the case. [710 0 R 711 0 R 712 0 R 713 0 R 714 0 R 715 0 R 716 0 R 717 0 R 718 0 R] 727 0 obj “I know that our waterways need to be clean for my community to thrive. The Meramec River basin, for example, is home to 31 species of global importance, many that are found nowhere else on Earth,” said Rachel Bartels, Missouri Confluence Waterkeeper. 711 0 obj 0000003807 00000 n
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