News Federal District Judge rules against WOTUS Applicability Date Rule Last week, on August 16th, Judge David C. Norton of the US District Court for the District of South Carolina… Read More »
Weekly Wrap
ACWA Weekly Wrap Vol. IX, Issue 29 (Week of August 6, 2018)
News ACOE Issues Memo Clarifying Sec. 404 Assumption The U.S. Army today released a memorandum taking initial steps to empower States and tribes in assuming Section 404 permit authority under… Read More »
ACWA Weekly Wrap Vol. IX, Issue 28 (Week of July 30, 2018)
News Acting Administrator Wheeler Testifies Before Senate Environment and Public Works Committee Acting Administrator Wheeler testified before the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works this week. The hearing was… Read More »
ACWA Weekly Wrap Vol. IX, Issue 27 (Week of July 23, 2018)
News CWIS Rule Upheld On July 23, 2018 the 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals issued a decision denying all petitioners’ requests to overturn and remand the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA)… Read More »
ACWA Weekly Wrap Vol. IX, Issue 26 (Week of July 16, 2018)
News EPA to Modify CGP EPA’s Construction General Permit (CGP), which covers stormwater discharges from certain construction activities, became effective on February 16, 2017. The National Association of Home Builders… Read More »
ACWA Weekly Wrap Vol. IX, Issue 25 (Week of July 9, 2018)
News EPA publishes WOTUS SNPRM in Federal Register EPA and The Department of the Army have officially published, in the Federal Register, the Supplemental Notice of Proposed Rulemaking regarding recodification… Read More »
ACWA Weekly Wrap Vol. IX, Issue 24 (Week of June 25, 2018)
News PFAS Community Engagement Event Information Released EPA announced more details for their next PFAS Community Engagement Event in Horsham, Pennsylvania on July 25th. Additionally, locations for future engagement events include… Read More »
ACWA Weekly Wrap Vol. IX, Issue 23 (Week of June 18, 2018)
News ATSDR Releases Toxicological Profile for PFAs The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (“ATSDR”) announced the release of its ATSDR Toxicology Report profile evaluating 14 per- and polyflouroalkyl substances… Read More »
ACWA Weekly Wrap Vol. IX, Issue 22 (Week of June 11, 2018)
News Idaho Approved for NPDES On June 5, 2018 Administrator Pruitt signed a delegation memorandum that allows Idaho DEQ to begin issuing NPDES permits starting July 1, 2018. As with… Read More »
ACWA Weekly Wrap Vol. IX, Issue 21 (Week of June 4, 2018)
News EPA Budget Moves to House Floor The House Appropriation Committee approved a $7.95 billion EPA budget. This budget is about 1% lower than FY18 level, but $2 billion more… Read More »
ACWA Weekly Wrap Vol. IX, Issue 20 (Week of May 21, 2018)
News Evolution of Stormwater Permitting and Program Implementation Approaches On May 17, 2018 EPA released a Region 9 workshop report that summarized discussions among 29 national stormwater experts from local,… Read More »
ACWA Weekly Wrap Vol. IX, Issue 19 (Week of May 14, 2018)
News EPA Extends WIFIA Deadline Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt announced at a meeting with water sector associations that the deadline to submit letters of interest for Water… Read More »
