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 »
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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 3 (Week of January 21, 2019)
News Senate EPW Sets Date for Wheeler Confirmation Vote The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee is set to vote on Acting Administrator Wheeler for EPA Administrator on February 5th. Wheeler had his confirmation hearing on January 16th. The Ranking Member and Chairman agreed to delay the committee vote until February to allow for enough… Read More »
ACWA Weekly Wrap Vol. X, Issue 1 (Week of January 7, 2019)
News Federal Government Shutdown Continues On December 21, 2018 Congress failed to pass a continuing resolution to ensure federal agencies could continue to operate. Several federal agencies had funding reserves they were permitted to use to stay open for a short time thereafter. On December 28, 2018 EPA closed with approximately 800 “essential” employees still… 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 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 19 (Week of May 14, 2018)
News EPA Extends WIFIA Deadline Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt announced at a meeting with water sector associations that the deadline to submit letters of interest for Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (WIFIA) loans has been extended to July 31, 2018. Administrator Pruitt also sent a letter highlighting the deadline extension to… Read More »
ACWA Weekly Wrap Vol. IX, Issue 15 (Week of April 16, 2018)
News ACWA Past President, Martha Clark Mettler, Testifies on Behalf of ACWA on The Appropriate Role of States and the Federal Government in Protecting Groundwater On Wednesday, April 18, Martha Clark Mettler (IN) represented ACWA testifying in front of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee at a hearing entitled The Appropriate Role of States… Read More »
ACWA Weekly Wrap Vol. IX, Issue 13 (Week of April 2, 2018)
News EPA Amends Regional Administrators Delegation Authority under 404 Administrator Pruitt sent a memo and associated amendment to EPA regional offices outlining changes to the standing delegation of CWA authority from the administrator to regional heads regarding certain jurisdictional determinations. The revisions apply specifically to regional authority to implement CWA section 404, as opposed to the… Read More »
ACWA Weekly Wrap Vol. IX, Issue 7 (Week of February 12, 2018)
News Webinar: What States Must Consider Before Assuming Clean Water Act §404 Authority to Regulate Alteration of Wetlands. The National Governors Association Water Policy Learning Network is hosting a webinar on state assumption of the 404 program. The webinar will be held on Thursday March 1, 2018 from 1:00pm-2:00pm EST. Please use this link to register: NGA Webinar… Read More »
ACWA Weekly Wrap Vol. IX, Issue 5 (Week of January 29, 2018)
News President Gives First State of the Union Address On Tuesday, January 30, President Donald Trump delivered his first State of the Union Address. Regarding infrastructure, the president called for a $1.5 trillion bill from Congress combining both public and private investment stating, “I am asking both parties to come together to give us safe,… Read More »
