NOTICE: Due to the continuing coronavirus pandemic, ACWA has made the decision to cancel the live portion of the 2021 Mid-Year Meeting. To ensure that the meeting remains accessible to all ACWA members and relevant stakeholders, it will again be held virtually and with no registration fee. Please mark your calendars for the afternoons of… Read More »
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2020 ACWA Mid-Year Meeting Virtual Event
***UPDATE*** 2020 ACWA Mid-Year Meeting – Going Virtual! ***UPDATE*** Due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, the ACWA Executive Committee made the difficult decision to shift the 2020 ACWA Mid-Year Meeting from a “Live Event” to a “Virtual Event.” With the number of state travel restrictions increasing, the number of meeting cancellations rising, and the number… Read More »
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. XI, Issue 3 (Week of January 21, 2020)
News EPA, Army Announce Final WOTUS Step 2 Revision On January 23, the EPA and the Department of the Army finalized the “Navigable Waters Protection Rule” (i.e. Step 2), the latest action in defining “Waters of the United States.” Similar to the proposal released in September 2019, the rule delineates 4 categories of waterbodies that… Read More »
ACWA Weekly Wrap Vol. XI, Issue 2 (Week of January 13, 2020)
News EPA Holds Webinar on EnviroAtlas This week, EPA held a webinar on EnviroAtlas, an interactive web-based decision support suite that provides geospatial data, easy-to-use tools, and other resources related to ecosystem services, their stressors, and human health. The webinar focused on recent updates made to EnviroAtlas and highlighted examples of how EnviroAtlas has been… Read More »
Mid-Year Meeting 2019
Board of Directors Meeting – Monday, March 18, 2019 Meeting Attire Business Casual Location Hilton Alexandria Old Town 1767 King Street Alexandria, VA 22314 Agenda View final agenda here. Lodging ACWA block of rooms are sold out! If you need lodging there are few hotels near the meeting venue. The Sheraton Old Town Alexandria, Westin… 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 6 (Week of February 11, 2019)
News EPA, Army Corps Publish Proposed Rule Redefining WOTUS On Thursday, February 14th, EPA and the Army Corps of Engineers published the long-anticipated official proposed rule redefining WOTUS in the Federal Register. That also means the 60-day comment period began Thursday – you can submit comments on regulations.gov here. The proposed rule as published is substantively identical to… Read More »
ACWA Weekly Wrap Vol. X, Issue 4 (Week of January 28, 2019)
News EPA Release 2018 Year in Review This week EPA released a report outlining its accomplishments for 2018 and outlines its policy agenda for the coming year. The report includes updates enforcement numbers, summaries of the past year’s regulatory and deregulatory activities and outlines key policy priorities for the coming year. Trump Signs Executive Order… Read More »
ACWA Weekly Wrap Vol. X, Issue 2 (Week of January 14, 2019)
News Senate EPW Holds Confirmation Hearing for Acting Administrator Wheeler EPA Acting Administrator Wheeler had his confirmation hearing in front of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works. Climate change was the main focus of the hearing, with many democrats pressing Wheeler on his commitment to addressing climate change. Chairman Borasso and Ranking Member… Read More »
ACWA Weekly Wrap Vol. IX, Issue 8 (Week of February 19, 2018)
News EPA Hosts Webinar with States to Discuss WOTUS This week, EPA hosted a states-only webinar for the members of ECOS, the Western States Water Council (WSWC), ACWA, and ASWM to begin a dialogue on the rewrite of the WOTUS rule. The purpose of the webinar was to share and discuss the status of EPA’s… Read More »
ACWA Weekly Wrap Vol. IX, Issue 1 (Week of January 1, 2018)
EPA Publishes POTW Study Notice in Federal Register The second notice announcing the National Study of Nutrient Removal and Secondary Technologies: Publicly Owned Treatment Works (POTW) Screener Questionnaire was published in the Federal Register on Friday, December 29. You can view the notice here. Comments are due January 29, 2018. You can view the latest version of… Read More »
