News States Urged to Designate Drinking Water and Waste Water “Essential” during COVID-19 Last Friday, EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler sent a letter to state Governors urging them to ensure drinking… Read More »
Weekly Wrap
ACWA Weekly Wrap Vol. XI, Issue 11 (Week of March 23, 2020)
News CISA Provides Guidance on Essential Critical Infrastructure Workforce The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) executes the Secretary of Homeland Security’s responsibilities as assigned under the Homeland Security Act… Read More »
ACWA Weekly Wrap Vol. XI, Issue 10 (Week of March 9, 2020)
**ACWA 2020 Mid-Year Meeting (March 17/18) Will Go On…Virtually!** Pursuant to coronavirus (COVID-19) management efforts, the ACWA Executive Committee made the difficult decision to host the 2020 ACWA Mid-Year Meeting… Read More »
ACWA Weekly Wrap Vol. XI, Issue 9 (Week of March 2, 2020)
News EPA Proposes Changes to MSGP On Monday this week, EPA’s proposed updates to the Multi-Sector General Permit (MSGP) were published in the Federal Register. The comment period is 60… Read More »
ACWA Weekly Wrap Vol. XI, Issue 8 (Week of February 24, 2020)
News EPA Makes Agency Guidance Available to the Public EPA launched a new guidance portal that provides public access to agency guidance documents. This new searchable database is designed to… Read More »
ACWA Weekly Wrap Vol. XI, Issue 7 (Week of February 17, 2020)
News EPA CCR Permit Program Proposed February 20, 2020 (60-day Comment Period) In December 2016, the President signed the WIIN Act. The Act amended RCRA and requires EPA to implement… Read More »
ACWA Weekly Wrap Vol. XI, Issue 6 (Week of February 10, 2020)
News President’s Budget Request Released The Trump Administration released its Fiscal Year 2021 Budget Request, A Budget for America’s Future, this week and continues the Administration’s focus on cutting federal… Read More »
ACWA Weekly Wrap Vol. XI, Issue 5 (Week of February 3, 2020)
News Public Webcast on Navigable Waters Protection Rule (WOTUS) EPA and the Army will hold a public webcast to help explain the key elements of the final Navigable Waters Protection… Read More »
ACWA Weekly Wrap Vol. XI, Issue 4 (Week of January 27, 2020)
News House Democrats Introduce Infrastructure Framework The Chairs of three U.S. House Committees released a framework for a five-year, $760 billion investment in infrastructure that would address some of the… Read More »
ACWA Weekly Wrap Vol. XI, Issue 3 (Week of January 21, 2020)
News EPA, Army Announce Final WOTUS Step 2 Revision On January 23, the EPA and the Department of the Army finalized the “Navigable Waters Protection Rule” (i.e. Step 2), the… Read More »
ACWA Weekly Wrap Vol. XI, Issue 2 (Week of January 13, 2020)
News EPA Holds Webinar on EnviroAtlas This week, EPA held a webinar on EnviroAtlas, an interactive web-based decision support suite that provides geospatial data, easy-to-use tools, and other resources related… Read More »
ACWA Weekly Wrap Vol. XI, Issue 1 (Week of January 6, 2020)
News WGA Policy Resolution on Federal State Relationship The Western Governors’ Association recently approved several policy resolutions, including a resolution focused on the Federal-State relationship, during its winter meeting in… Read More »
