Archive: Water

  • Non-Potable Groundwater Use Act April 23, 2013

    Non-Potable Groundwater Use Act PURPOSE :  The purpose of this act is to remediate contaminated water that is not usable as drinking water and make it available for an appropriate and beneficial use and to set standards for alternative use. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of ______________: Section 1.  Legislative Intent This Act contains the following essential elements: Institution of a proportionate liability system to replace joint liability for hazardous substance cleanups. Relief for parties that cannot afford to pay their share of cleanup costs. Site prioritization with greater emphasis on risk to human health and […]

  • Resolution to Retain State Sovereignty over Instrastate Water Resources March 15, 2013

    WHEREAS, the 10th Amendment of the United States Constitution preserves powers not delegated to the federal government for the states, establishing federalism and state sovereignty as integral founding principles of American government; and  WHEREAS, the United States Supreme Court in Solid Waste Agency of Northern Cook County v. United States Army Corps of Engineers (2001) and Rapanos v. United States (2006) held that the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (The Clean Water Act) did not intend to grant federal authority over intrastate waters, and that these waters were not subject to regulation under the interstate commerce clause of the United […]