News EPA Seeks Nominations for Environmental Financial Advisory Board The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is seeking nominations of candidates for the Environmental Financial Advisory Board (EFAB). Nominations are due no later than January 6, 2020. The EFAB is a chartered federal advisory committee that provides ideas and advice to the EPA administrator and regional and… Read More »
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ACWA Weekly Wrap Vol. X, Issue 37 (Week of October 21, 2019)
News EPA Releases National Study of Nutrient Removal and Secondary Technologies Screener Survey to POTWs EPA has initiated a multi-phase study to showcase nutrient removal at publicly owned treatment works (“POTWs”). The goals of the study are to establish a nationwide baseline for nutrient removal at municipal wastewater treatment plants, and to characterize lower cost… Read More »
ACWA Weekly Wrap Vol. X, Issue 33 (Week of September 23, 2019)
News EPA Takes Two Important Steps Under PFAS Action Plan EPA has given advanced notice of proposed rulemaking that would allow the public to provide input on adding PFAS to the Toxics Release Inventory toxic chemical list. A second action is a supplemental proposal to ensure that certain persistent long-chain PFAS chemicals cannot be imported… Read More »
ACWA Weekly Wrap Vol. X, Issue 27 (Week of July 29, 2019)
News EPA Solicits Comments on Aluminum Criteria Implementation Guidance The EPA released the Draft Technical Support Document: Implementing the 2018 Recommended Aquatic Life Water Quality Criteria for Aluminum, for public comment. This document was created to support the adoption and implementation of the updated aquatic life ambient water quality criteria for aluminum, which was released… Read More »
ACWA Weekly Wrap Vol. X, Issue 20 (Week of June 3, 2019)
News EPA issues CWA Section 401 Guidance Today, June 7, 2019, EPA released guidance for states, tribes, and federal agencies, titled Clean Water Act Section 401 Certification Guidance for Federal Agencies, States, and Authorized Tribes. The guidance clarifies the existing Section 401 regulations and provides recommendations on coordination between federal agencies, states, and authorized tribes. The… Read More »
ACWA Weekly Wrap Vol. X, Issue 19 (Week of May 20, 2019)
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 »
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 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 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 »
ACWA Weekly Wrap Vol. X, Issue 5 (Week of February 4, 2019)
News Committee Approves Wheeler’s Appointment The Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works voted to advance Wheeler’s Nomination to Administrator of the EPA on a 11-10 party line vote. His nomination now goes to the Senate floor. The Democrats are critical of Wheeler’s ties to the coal industry. Wheeler is expected to be confirmed. The… Read More »
ACWA Weekly Wrap Vol. IX, Issue 34 (Week of September 17, 2018)
News AWRA Hosts Webinar on Groundwater Hydrologic Connection On Wednesday, September 19, the American Water Resources Association hosted a webinar on discharges to groundwater that lead to surface water through hydrologic connections. Speakers included Marcia Greenblatt, an engineer with Integral Consulting out of Colorado, and Kathy Robb, an attorney with Sive, Paget & Riesel out… Read More »
ACWA Weekly Wrap Vol. IX, Issue 32 (Week of September 3, 2018)
News EPA Needs Comprehensive Vision for Citizen Science This week the EPA Office of Inspector General (OIG) released a report that “[a]lthough citizen science is carried out throughout the EPA, the agency has not developed controls necessary to manage citizen science agency-wide, including a clear vision and objectives for using results. Absent this, the EPA… Read More »
