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 »
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ACWA Weekly Wrap Vol. X, Issue 24 (Week of July 8, 2019)
News OECA Finalizes Memorandum to Enhance Enforcement and Compliance Assurance Partnerships with States In January 2018, OECA issued an Interim Guidance that discussed improving collaboration between the EPA and states on enforcement and compliance assurance. Over the last 18 months EPA has gained experience implementing this interim guidance and has taken public comment on the… Read More »
ACWA Weekly Wrap Vol. X, Issue 23 (Week of June 24, 2019)
News CEQ Issues Draft NEPA GHG Guidance The White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) issued draft guidance clarifying the treatment of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in environmental impact reviews of federal projects under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). CEQ is accepting comment July 20, 2019. The new guidance replaces Obama administration guidance that… Read More »
ACWA Weekly Wrap Vol. X, Issue 20 (Week of June 3, 2019)
News EPA issues CWA Section 401 Guidance Today, June 7, 2019, EPA released guidance for states, tribes, and federal agencies, titled Clean Water Act Section 401 Certification Guidance for Federal Agencies, States, and Authorized Tribes. The guidance clarifies the existing Section 401 regulations and provides recommendations on coordination between federal agencies, states, and authorized tribes. The… Read More »
ACWA Weekly Wrap Vol. X, Issue 17 (Week of May 6, 2019)
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 »
ACWA Weekly Wrap Vol. X, Issue 12 (Week of April 1, 2019)
News ACWA, ECOS, ASDWA & ASTSWMO Comment on National PFAS Action Plan ACWA joined with ECOS, ASDWA and ASTSWMO in sending comments to Administrator Wheeler on the recently released agency PFAS Action Plan. The Action Plan describes the EPA’s approach to identifying and understanding PFAS, approaches to addressing current PFAS contamination, preventing future contamination, and… Read More »
ACWA Weekly Wrap Vol. X, Issue 11 (Week of March 25, 2019)
News Senate Holds Hearing to Examine Federal Response to PFAS The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee held a hearing this week, “Examining the federal response to the risks associated with per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS)” . The hearing featured testimony from David Ross, Assistant Administrator of the Office of Water at the Environmental Protection… Read More »
ACWA Weekly Wrap Vol. X, Issue 10 (Week of March 11, 2019)
News ACWA Participates in Call with USACOE on Sec. 401 ACWA participated in a call this week with a coalition of partners and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to address several issues of importance including changes to section 401 policy, WOTUS, and WRDA 2018 Implementation. During the call the coalition received an update on… 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 7 (Week of February 18, 2019)
News ACWA Joins Coalition in Offering Potential Sec. 401 Process Improvements ACWA, along with WGA, NCSL, ASWM, WSWC and CSG West, developed a set of potential section 401 process improvements to share with EPA and other federal agencies as they consider efforts to modify or reform state water quality certification authority under the CWA. The… 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 5 (Week of February 4, 2019)
News Committee Approves Wheeler’s Appointment The Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works voted to advance Wheeler’s Nomination to Administrator of the EPA on a 11-10 party line vote. His nomination now goes to the Senate floor. The Democrats are critical of Wheeler’s ties to the coal industry. Wheeler is expected to be confirmed. The… Read More »
