Mid-Atlantic Environmental Law Center Inc

PROVIDE LEGAL SERVICES TO PUBLIC INTEREST ORGANIZATIONS AND NOT-FOR-PROFIT GROUPS THAT SEEK TO RESTORE AND PROTECT THE ENVIRONMENT.SUMMARY OF MID-ATLANTIC ENVIRONMENTAL LAW CENTERS 2016 CASES:I. APPEAL OF DELAWARE'S GENERAL PERMIT FOR POULTRY CAFO OPERATIONS WITHOUT LAND APPLICATIONMAELC IS REPRESENTING FOOD & WATER WATCH IN ITS APPEAL OF DELAWARE'S GENERAL PERMIT FOR POULTRY CAFO OPERATIONS WITHOUT LAND APPLICATION AT THE DELAWARE ENVIRONMENTAL APPEALS BOARD. IN 2015, DELAWARE ISSUED A FINAL PERMIT FOR GENERAL PERMIT NO. DE 5000N/11 FOR LARGE, MEDIUM, AND DESIGNATED POULTRY CONCENTRATED ANIMAL FEEDING OPERATIONS WITH NO LAND APPLICATION OF MANURE. THIS APPEAL, FOOD & WATER WATCH V. SMALLS, EAB APPEAL NO. 2015-09, WAS FILED IN 2015. THE CASE WAS ONGOING.II. POTOMAC RIVERKEEPER, INC. V. BERKELEY COUNTY PUBLIC SEWER SERVICEMAELC IS REPRESENTING POTOMAC RIVERKEEPER, INC. IN ITS ACTION AGAINST BERKELEY COUNTY PUBLIC SEWER SERVICE TO ADDRESS DISCHARGE VIOLATIONS RELATED TO THE COMPANY'S NATIONAL POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM PERMIT AT THE MARLOWE TOWNE CENTER FACILITY. THE CASE WAS ONGOING.III. ADDITIONAL ACTIVITIESMAELC ALSO TOOK PART IN THE FOLLOWING ACTIVITIES: REVIEWED PERMIT COMPLIANCE IN THE LOWER DELAWARE RIVER, MIDDLE , LOWER AND UPPER POTOMAC WATERSHED; REVIEWED ON REGULATIONS AND PERMITS CONCERNING STORMWATER REGULATIONS IN DELAWARE, CONCENTRATED ANIMAL FEEDING OPERATIONS IN THE TRI-STATE AREA; AND RESEARCHED COASTAL ZONE LAWS AND REGULATIONS.