News EPA Submits Amicus Brief on Discharges to Groundwater Case This week, EPA submitted its amicus brief in the U.S. Supreme Court case, County of Maui v. Hawaii Wildlife Fund. EPA argues that the Court should consider the agency’s newly revised position on the CWA’s reach into groundwater and exclude any sub-surface releases from the… Read More »
News and Updates
ACWA Weekly Wrap Vol. X, Issue 18 (Week of May 13, 2019)
News USGS Releases Point-Source Load Estimation Tool USGS released their new Point-Source Load Estimation Tool (PSLoadEsT). This tool estimates total nitrogen (TN) and total phosphorous (TP). This tool is a user friendly tool that can be used for consistent and reliable data for nutrient concentrations released by point source discharges. PSLoadEsT estimates point-source nutrient loads,… Read More »
ACWA Weekly Wrap Vol. X, Issue 17 (Week of May 6, 2019)
News EPA Discusses NPDES Application Updates This week EPA hosted a call to discuss the NPDES program application forms that were recently completed and will be made available via EPA’s website. Updates to these forms were the result of EPA’s finalized revisions to the application requirements found at 40 CFR 122.21. The application forms were… Read More »
ACWA Weekly Wrap Vol. X, Issue 16 (Week of April 29, 2019)
News National NPDES SNC Rate Reduction Workgroup Symposium This week, ACWA staff, states, EPA HQ and Regions met in Atlanta, Georgia to discuss EPA’s SNC Rate Reduction initiative. Several subgroups of the workgroup identified products and tasks that will be implemented in the short term (3-6 months) and long term (6-24 months). Subgroups include: 1)… Read More »
ACWA Weekly Wrap Vol. X, Issue 15 (Week of April 22, 2019)
News ACWA Submits Letter in Support of STAG Grants to House and Senate Appropriations ACWA submitted a letter to both House and Senate Appropriation Committees in support of EPA’s State and Tribal Assistance Grants (STAG). The President’s Budget cut every STAG program and eliminated funding for important programs like Section 106 funding and Beaches Protection.… Read More »
ACWA Weekly Wrap Vol. X, Issue 14 (Week of April 15, 2019)
News Earth Day Have a happy Earth Day, Wrap readers! Earth Day is this Monday, April 22. EPA Releases Interpretation of Clean Water Act’s Relation to Groundwater This week, EPA released its “Interpretive Statement of the Clean Water Act National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Program to Releases of Pollutants from a Point Source to Groundwater”… Read More »
ACWA Weekly Wrap Vol. X, Issue 13 (Week of April 8, 2019)
News White House Releases Executive Order on Energy Initiatives, 401 Water Quality Certification Chances On Thursday, February 11, the White House published an Executive Order (“EO”) titled: “Executive Order on Promoting Energy Infrastructure and Economic Growth”. You can read it here. Section 3 of the EO concerns Clean Water Act section 401 Water Quality Certifications… Read More »
ACWA Weekly Wrap Vol. X, Issue 12 (Week of April 1, 2019)
News ACWA, ECOS, ASDWA & ASTSWMO Comment on National PFAS Action Plan ACWA joined with ECOS, ASDWA and ASTSWMO in sending comments to Administrator Wheeler on the recently released agency PFAS Action Plan. The Action Plan describes the EPA’s approach to identifying and understanding PFAS, approaches to addressing current PFAS contamination, preventing future contamination, and… Read More »
ACWA Weekly Wrap Vol. X, Issue 11 (Week of March 25, 2019)
News Senate Holds Hearing to Examine Federal Response to PFAS The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee held a hearing this week, “Examining the federal response to the risks associated with per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS)” . The hearing featured testimony from David Ross, Assistant Administrator of the Office of Water at the Environmental Protection… Read More »
ACWA Weekly Wrap Vol. X, Issue 10 (Week of March 11, 2019)
News ACWA Participates in Call with USACOE on Sec. 401 ACWA participated in a call this week with a coalition of partners and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to address several issues of importance including changes to section 401 policy, WOTUS, and WRDA 2018 Implementation. During the call the coalition received an update on… Read More »
ACWA Weekly Wrap Vol. X, Issue 9 (Week of March 4, 2019)
News House Holds Hearing on State Revolving Funds and Infrastructure House Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment held a hearing entitled “The Clean Water State Revolving Fund: How Federal Infrastructure Investment Can Help Communities Modernize Water Infrastructure and Address Affordability Challenges.” The hearing focused on reauthorizing the Clean Water SRF and the… Read More »
ACWA Weekly Wrap Vol. X, Issue 8 (Week of February 25, 2019)
News Andrew Wheeler Confirmed as EPA Administrator On February 28th, the U.S. Senate voted to confirm Andrew Wheeler as the new EPA administrator. The Senate voted 52-47 in favor of Wheeler’s confirmation. Wheeler had been working as acting chief administrator since July after former Administrator Scott Pruitt resigned from his post. EPA’s NSmart Program Webinars… Read More »
