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 »
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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. IX, Issue 35 (Week of September 24, 2018)
News Sixth Circuit Rules in Two Hydrologic Connection Cases, Setting Up Circuit Split This week, the Sixth Circuit issued its decisions in Tennessee Clean Water Network v. Tennessee Valley Authority and Kentucky Waterways Alliance v. Kentucky Utilities. In both decisions, the court found 2-1 that indirect release of pollutants such as coal ash seepage into groundwater… 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 Fountain, Colorado and North Carolina. More details for these two events will be announced soon. More information and meeting materials from the first engagement event… Read More »
ACWA Weekly Wrap Vol. IX, Issue 4 (Week of January 22, 2018)
News Leaked White House Infrastructure Plan Since taking office the President has been discussing a $1 trillion infrastructure plan to build and maintain roads, bridges, and water systems. This plan is expected to be released soon after the January 30, 2018 State of the Union address. This week, a six page document was leaked that… Read More »
