News House Passes FY21 EPA Budget with a Boost The House approved EPA’s fiscal year 2021 spending bill with a boost to overall agency funding by about 3 percent to almost $9.4 billion. The Environment-Interior Appropriations bill was joined in a “minibus” with funding for the Departments of State, Veterans Affairs, Agriculture and Interior, passing… Read More »
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ACWA Weekly Wrap Vol. XI, Issue 24 (Week of July 13, 2020)
News EPA Announces State WIFIA Program EPA announced the 2020 notice of funding availability under the WIFIA program, including funding for the new State infrastructure financing authority WIFIA (SWIFIA) program. This new program, which was authorized by Congress as part of the America’s Water Infrastructure Act (AWIA) of 2018, offers low-interest loans to state water… Read More »
ACWA Weekly Wrap Vol. XI, Issue 23 (Week of July 6, 2020)
News Spring 2020 Unified Agenda of Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions Last week, EPA released the spring 2020 Unified Agenda of Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions. This list provides updates on all planned regulatory activities for the next 12 months. “EPA has mapped out our regulatory agenda through the first half of 2021 that will continue to reduce… Read More »
ACWA Weekly Wrap Vol. X, Issue 26 (Week of July 22, 2019)
News Farmer Fairness Act On Thursday, July 18, 2019 Representatives Ro Khanna (CA) and Mark Pocan (WI) introduced a bill which would extend the environmental liability under the CWA beyond CAFO farmers, to the integrator companies that hire them. Large companies like Tyson, Purdue, Cargill, Smithfield, JBS, Dairy Farmers of America, etc. will hire contract… Read More »
ACWA Weekly Wrap Vol. X, Issue 25 (Week of July 15, 2019)
News EPA Announces $218 Million Water Infrastructure Loan to Silicon Valley Clean Water EPA announced a $218 million Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (WIFIA) loan to Silicon Valley Clean Water (SVCW) to finance wastewater infrastructure upgrades that will protect public health and the San Francisco Bay. With EPA’s WIFIA loan, SVCW’s Regional Environmental Sewer… 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 and the Chesapeake Bay Foundation filed suit on the permit in the D.C. Circuit. Related to discussions with these two groups, EPA intends to provide… Read More »
