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 7 (Week of February 17, 2020)
News EPA CCR Permit Program Proposed February 20, 2020 (60-day Comment Period) In December 2016, the President signed the WIIN Act. The Act amended RCRA and requires EPA to implement a federal CCR permit program in Indian Country and, subject to appropriated funds, a federal CCR permit program in nonparticipating states. With newly appropriated funds,… Read More »
ACWA Weekly Wrap Vol. X, Issue 44 (Week of December 16, 2019)
News EPA Extends Deadline for Lead and Copper Rule Comments EPA has extended the comment deadline for National Primary Drinking Water Regulations: Proposed Lead and Copper Rule Revisions. The new comment deadline is February 12, 2020. You can view the notice here. For more information on this effort, go here. ACWA is planning to submit comments… Read More »
ACWA Weekly Wrap Vol. X, Issue 40 (Week of November 11, 2019)
News EPA Releases Lead and Copper Rule Revisions This week, the National Primary Drinking Water Regulations: Proposed Lead and Copper Rule Revisions was published in the Federal Register. The comment period on the proposed rule revisions closes January 13, 2020. The rule includes a suite of actions to reduce lead exposure in drinking water where… Read More »
ACWA Weekly Wrap Vol. IX, Issue 23 (Week of June 18, 2018)
News ATSDR Releases Toxicological Profile for PFAs The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (“ATSDR”) announced the release of its ATSDR Toxicology Report profile evaluating 14 per- and polyflouroalkyl substances (“PFAS”). The preliminary analysis found that certain exposures to PFOAs and PFOS could pose greater risk levels much lower than a previous EPA analysis concluded. … Read More »
ACWA Weekly Wrap Vol. IX, Issue 10 (Week of March 5, 2018)
Association Updates 2018 ACWA Member Priorities Survey In preparation for the upcoming Mid-Year Meeting, we are asking each ACWA member to complete a short survey. The survey is designed to identify states’ key implementation or policy priorities. These priorities will help ACWA leadership and staff focus and guide our work over the coming 12 months. … Read More »
