Region 4: Southeast

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Region Four is located in the southeastern United States bordering both the Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico The region consists of the following states: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee.

Important water bodies within this region include the Florida Everglades, the Cahaba River, Mobile Bay, the Caloosahatchee River, the Chattahoochee River and the Ogeechee-Canoochee River.

Issue(s): 
Agriculture
Clean Water Act Jurisdiction
Coast / Oceans
Enforcement
Funding
Global Warming and Water
Green Infrastructure
Impaired Waters (TMDL)
Pollutants (toxins, pharmaceuticals, etc.)
Water Quality Standards

Related News

Save the Illinois River Action Alert
January 23, 2012
Action Alert
National
Region 4
Region 5

Save the Illinois River (STIR) is concerned about a Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) study for the Illinois River watershed in Oklahoma and Arkansas.  This study by U.S. EPA is now underway with the cooperation of both states. STIR is very concerned that there may currently be an effort to steer the EPA’s TMDL study in order to prolong and confuse its completion and implementation. Please check out the attached letter outlining the group's concerns, sent by STIR leaders to Administrator Lisa Jackson at EPA.  More information about STIR and this issue can be found on their website: http://www.illinoisriver.org/default.aspx Picture from Save the Illinois River http://www.illinoisriver.org/Photos/15486.jpg

Clay City Council Passes Resolution opposing Dirty Water Bill HR 2018
July 26, 2011
Member News
Alabama

The Clay City Council (Clay, Alabama) unaminously supported a resolution to oppose Dirty Water Bill HR 2018.  The City Council signed onto CWN's community letter as well. Links to the newspaper article reporting this can be found below.

Georgia Wins Major Victory In Tri-State Water War
July 1, 2011
Member News
Newspaper Article
Region 4

Below are links to recent news articles on the long-running tri-state water dispute between Florida, Alabama and Georgia. On June 28, 2011 Georgia won a major victory when the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled unanimously that the Army Corps of Engineers has authority to allocate additional water from Lake Lanier to the City of Atlanta.

CWN Submits Letter to EPA Opposing Revisions to a South Carolina NPDES Permit
February 9, 2011
Clean Water Network News
National
South Carolina

Clean Water Network recently submitted a letter to James Giattina, EPA's Region 4 Water Protection Division Director. The letter asks EPA to exercise its regulatory authority under the Clean Water Act to object to South Carolina's Department of Health and Environmental Control's (DHEC) revised NPDES permit for Easley Combined Utilities (ECU) that contains a provision that would enable EAS to discharge raw effluent into South Carolina's waters. Read the full letter.

EPA Threatens to Take Over Alabama Enforcement Program
October 6, 2010
Policy
Member News
Region 4
Alabama

EPA has issued a formal objection to the Alabama Department of Environmental Management 's (ADEM) proposed storm water permits for small cities, according to a recent article in the Birmingham News.  EPA has expressed concerns that ADEM is not holding local governments to strict enough standards for controlling the runoff of sediment and pollution into waterways during rain storms. 

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