News Senate Approves $55 Billion in Water Infrastructure The Senate just voted 69 to 30 to pass the Infrastructure Investment & Jobs Act (H.R. 3684). The bill provides nearly $1.2 trillion in funding for infrastructure and includes almost $55 billion in water infrastructure funding. The bill will now move to the House for further action.… Read More »
News and Updates
ACWA Weekly Wrap Vol. XII, Issue 28 (Week of July 26, 2021)
News EPA Starts Strategic Planning Process for FY 2022-2026 This week EPA held a meeting with governmental organizations, such as NGA, ACWA, ASDWA, ECOS, USCM and NACO, where they announced their Draft FY 2022-2026 EPA Strategic Plan Framework. The Framework sets out the agency’s vision for the next five years. The Framework identifies four cross… Read More »
ACWA Weekly Wrap Vol. XII, Issue 27 (Week of July 19, 2021)
News EPA’s Integrated Planning Report to Congress On July 12, 2021, the U.S. EPA provided a “Report to Congress on Integrated Plans to Comply with the Water Infrastructure Improvement Act (WIIA) of 2019” to both the Senate’s Committee on Environment and Public Works and the House of Representative’s Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. The EPA’s… Read More »
ACWA Weekly Wrap Vol. XII, Issue 26 (Week of July 12, 2021)
News Hawaii Wildlife Fund et al v. Cty. of Maui, D. Haw., No. 1:12-cv-00198, 7/15/21 Excerpted directly from page 49 of the District Court decision. “Based on the undisputed evidence that the County discharged tens of thousands of gallons of wastewater from the LWRF into the Pacific Ocean on a daily basis at a few… Read More »
ACWA Weekly Wrap Vol. XII, Issue 24 (Week of June 28, 2021)
News House Outlines Plans in FY 2022 Budget Report House Appropriators released a Fiscal Year 2022 Budget Report outlining the FY22 Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations bill. The legislation funds agencies and programs in the Department of the Interior, the Environmental Protection Agency, the U.S. Forest Service, and other programs. The bill provides a… Read More »
ACWA Weekly Wrap Vol. XII, Issue 23 (Week of June 21, 2021)
News President Biden Nominates David Uhlmann for AA OECA (Summarized from White House Press Release) David Uhlmann is an internationally recognized expert on environmental law, leading authority on criminal enforcement, and a highly regarded advocate for environmental stewardship and corporate sustainability. He is currently the Director of the Environmental Law and Policy Program at the… Read More »
ACWA Weekly Wrap Vol. XII, Issue 22 (Week of June 14, 2021)
News Senate Confirms Fox The Senate confirmed Radhika Fox this week to serve as the Assistant Administrator for the Office of Water in a 55-43 vote. Fox is the former CEO of the U.S. Water Alliance and director of policy and government affairs at the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission. 2021 National CWA 303(d) and… Read More »
ACWA Weekly Wrap Vol. XII, Issue 21 (Week of June 7, 2021)
News EPA & USACE Announce Intent to Revise the Navigable Waters Protection Rule This week EPA and the USACE announced their intent to revise the definition of “waters of the United States” (WOTUS). The agencies’ announcement came as the Department of Justice (DOJ) filed a motion requesting remand of the rule the U.S. District Court… Read More »
ACWA Weekly Wrap Vol. XII, Issue 20 (Week of May 31, 2021)
News EPA Publishes NWQI Practitioners Guide In collaboration with the U.S. Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), EPA has published Planning and Implementing Agricultural Water Quality Projects Through the National Water Quality Initiative: a Practitioners Guide (NWQI Practitioners Guide) on EPA’s webpages. The document provides a resource for EPA staff, NRCS staff, and… Read More »
ACWA Weekly Wrap Vol. XII, Issue 19 (Week of May 24, 2021)
News EPA Announces Plans to Revise Sec. 401 Regulations EPA announced this week that it intends to revise the the 2020 Clean Water Act (CWA) Section 401 Certification Rule after determining that it erodes state and Tribal authority. The agency intends to reconsider and revise the 2020 Rule to restore the balance of state, Tribal,… Read More »
ACWA Weekly Wrap Vol. XII, Issue 18 (Week of May 17, 2021)
News EPA Finalizes Analytical Methods Update Rule This week EPA finalized and published the Clean Water Act Methods Update Rule for the Analysis of Effluent. One of EPA’s responsibilities is to approve analytical methods for measuring regulated pollutants in wastewater. The regulated community and laboratories use these approved methods for determining compliance with NPDES permits… Read More »
ACWA Weekly Wrap Vol. XII, Issue 17 (Week of May 10, 2021)
News EPA Rescinds Rule on Agency Guidance Documents EPA issued a final rule rescinding the previous Administration’s rule Promoting the Rule of Law Through Improved Agency Guidance Documents, in accordance with E.O. 13992, Revocation of Certain Executive Orders Concerning Federal Regulation. The previous rule required the agency to take additional notice and comment steps before finalizing guidance… Read More »
