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		<title>EPA Takes Steps To Resolve Civil Rights Concerns But Hurdles Remain (reprinted with permission from Inside Washington Publishers)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This article originally appeared in Inside EPA Weekly Report on January 27, 2012. It is reprinted here with permission of the publisher, Inside Washington Publishers. Copyright 2012. No further distribution is permitted. Click here to view article (pdf format): EPA Takes Steps To Resolve Civil Rights Concerns IEPA 01-12.pdf View the DRAFT Report from EPA [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.rosemerena.org/home/2012/01/28/epa-takes-steps-to-resolve-civil-rights-concerns-but-hurdles-remain-reprinted-with-permission-from-inside-washington-publishers/</link>
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		<title>Federal Judge Suspends County’s Inadequate Polluted Runoff Standards</title>
		<description><![CDATA[FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: December 29, 2011

Contacts:

Janette Brimmer, Earthjustice, 206-343-7340 ext. 1029
Dvija Michael Bertish, Rosemere Neighborhood Association, 360-281-4747
Brett VandenHeuvel, Columbia Riverkeeper, 503-348-2436
Federal Judge Suspends County’s Inadequate Polluted Runoff Standards
Injunction requires Clark County to shelve fish-killing loopholes in its development standards

Tacoma, WA.—A Washington state county’s controversial development standards appear to violate federal laws to protect clean water, according to a preliminary ruling by a U.S. District Court Judge.

The decision, issued December 28 by U.S. District Court Judge Ronald B. Leighton, means Clark County must comply with federal clean water laws, like other cities and counties in the state, to protect rivers, streams and salmon threatened with extinction. The ruling applies to development projects permitted or approved by the county on or after the court’s order while a related state court appeal is pending.

Rosemere Neighborhood Association, Columbia Riverkeeper, and the Northwest Environmental Defense Center, represented by Earthjustice, challenged Clark County’s failure to protect threatened salmon.

“Many cities and counties in our state are working hard to clean up polluted waterways and now Clark County must finally do the same,” said Janette Brimmer, an Earthjustice attorney who is representing the groups. “The ruling recognizes that everyone needs to do their share to protect our precious streams, rivers and salmon and that Clark County, like everyone else, must follow the law.”]]></description>
		<link>http://www.rosemerena.org/home/2011/12/29/federal-judge-suspends-county%e2%80%99s-inadequate-polluted-runoff-standards/</link>
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		<title>PEAC Comments on Final Environmental Impact Statement for I-5 Columbia River Crossing Project</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Pacific Environmental Advocacy Center (“PEAC”), the Environmental Legal Clinic of Lewis &#38; Clark Law School, has submitted comments on behalf of a coalition of environmental groups on the Columbia River Crossing Project (&#8220;CRC&#8221;) Final Environmental Impact Statement. PEAC clients include Rosemere Neighborhood Association, Coalition for a Livable Future, the Northeast Coalition of Neighborhoods, Northwest Environmental [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.rosemerena.org/home/2011/10/25/peac-comments-on-final-environmental-impact-statement-for-i-5-columbia-river-crossing-project/</link>
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		<title>EPA Testing Results at Camp Bonneville Show Contaminated Plume Growing &amp; Moving</title>
		<description><![CDATA[EPA has released the initial results of its testing at Camp Bonneville, the former US Military installation in Clark County, Washington. EPA is conducting assessment of the known and suspected release of hazardous substances at Camp Bonneville to determine whether it warrants listing under the Superfund Program following a petition from Rosemere Neighborhood Association (RNA). [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.rosemerena.org/home/2011/10/13/epa-testing-results-at-camp-bonneville-show-contaminated-plume-growing-moving/</link>
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		<title>Rosemere Neighborhood Association&#8217;s Clean Water Act settlement victory leads to changes at Millennium coal terminal in Longview, $50,000 in mitigation payments</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Rosemere Neighborhood Association and Longview based Land Owners and Citizens for a Safe Community have prevailed in their efforts to bring substantial pollution reduction changes to the Millennium Bulk Logistics coal terminal in Longview. The settlement was finalized just days before the community groups planned to file a federal Clean Water Act suit in federal [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.rosemerena.org/home/2011/10/06/rna-clean-water-act-settlement-victory-leads-to-changes-at-millennium-coal-terminal-in-longview-50000-in-mitigation-payments/</link>
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		<title>Equity Advocates Issue ‘Demands’ For EPA To Reform Civil Rights Agenda (reprinted with permission from Inside Washington Publishers)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This article originally appeared in Inside EPA Weekly Report on September 2, 2011. It is reprinted here with permission of the publisher, Inside Washington Publishers. Copyright 2011. No further distribution is permitted. Click here to view article (pdf format): Equity Advocates Issue ‘Demands’ For EPA To Reform Civil Rights Agenda]]></description>
		<link>http://www.rosemerena.org/home/2011/09/01/equity-advocates-issue-%e2%80%98demands%e2%80%99-for-epa-to-reform-civil-rights-agenda/</link>
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		<title>Agencies’ Pact Seen Forcing Action To Address Environmental Justice (reprinted with permission from Inside Washington Publishers)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This article originally appeared in Inside EPA Weekly Report on August 12, 2011. It is reprinted here with permission of the publisher, Inside Washington Publishers. Copyright 2011. No further distribution is permitted. Click here to view article (pdf format): Agencies’ Pact Seen Forcing Action To Address Environmental Justice]]></description>
		<link>http://www.rosemerena.org/home/2011/08/11/agencies%e2%80%99-pact-seen-forcing-action-to-address-environmental-justice-reprinted-with-permission-from-inside-washington-publishers/</link>
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		<title>MEDIA RELEASE: Community Groups Give Notice of Clean Water Act Suit to Planned Coal Export Terminal on Columbia River</title>
		<description><![CDATA[MEDIA RELEASE &#8211;FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – August 9, 2011 CONTACTS: Gayle Kiser, LCSC (360) 749-7029 Dvija Bertish, Rosemere (360) 281-4747 Longview, WA &#8211; Community groups from Longview and Vancouver Washington have filed formal notices of suit for violations of the federal Clean Water Act against the corporation planning to export coal from Longview to China. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.rosemerena.org/home/2011/08/09/media-release-community-groups-give-notice-of-clean-water-act-suit-to-planned-coal-export-terminal-on-columbia-river/</link>
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		<title>Despite Jackson’s Vows, EPA Faces New Suit For Stalled ‘Rights’ Petitions (reprinted with permission from Inside Washington Publishers)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This article originally appeared in Inside EPA Weekly Report on July 8, 2011. It is reprinted here with permission of the publisher, Inside Washington Publishers. Copyright 2011. No further distribution is permitted.

Click here to view article (pdf format):  EPA Faces New Suit For Stalled ‘Rights’ Petitions]]></description>
		<link>http://www.rosemerena.org/home/2011/07/08/despite-jackson%e2%80%99s-vows-epa-faces-new-suit-for-stalled-%e2%80%98rights%e2%80%99-petitions-reprinted-with-permission-from-inside-washington-publishers/</link>
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		<title>Camp Bonneville Sampling and Quality Assurance Plan</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This Sampling and Quality Assurance Plan is the next stage in Rosemere Neighborhood Association’s effort to obtain Superfund status for Camp Bonneville. (Click HERE to view previous articles on RNA Superfund Petition for Camp Bonneville)

Environmental Protection Agency contractors, Ecology and Environment, Inc., of Seattle, will collect soil samples for lab analysis from all over the site and will be installing additional monitors in wells to test groundwater contamination as well as in-stream monitoring in Lacamas Creek.

The Sampling and Quality Assurance Plan details where sampling will occur and how it will be analyzed to determine what clean-up needs to be achieved to ensure public health and safety.

View the plan here (NOTE: this is a fairly large file): Camp Bonneville_Final Sampling and Quality Assurance Plan]]></description>
		<link>http://www.rosemerena.org/home/2011/05/16/camp-bonneville-sampling-and-quality-assurance-plan/</link>
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