News Idaho Conservation League Denied Review This week EPA’s Environmental Appeals Board (EAB) issued a decision supporting EPA’s acceptance of Idaho DEQ’s interpretation of mixing zone regulations. In the petition, Idaho Conservation League requested review of EPA NPDES permit for the City of Sandpoint wastewater treatment facility. In particular, the Idaho Conservation League objected to… Read More »
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ACWA Weekly Wrap Vol. X, Issue 19 (Week of May 20, 2019)
News EPA Submits Amicus Brief on Discharges to Groundwater Case This week, EPA submitted its amicus brief in the U.S. Supreme Court case, County of Maui v. Hawaii Wildlife Fund. EPA argues that the Court should consider the agency’s newly revised position on the CWA’s reach into groundwater and exclude any sub-surface releases from the… Read More »
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 13 (Week of April 8, 2019)
News White House Releases Executive Order on Energy Initiatives, 401 Water Quality Certification Chances On Thursday, February 11, the White House published an Executive Order (“EO”) titled: “Executive Order on Promoting Energy Infrastructure and Economic Growth”. You can read it here. Section 3 of the EO concerns Clean Water Act section 401 Water Quality Certifications… 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 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 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. IX, Issue 37 (Week of October 8, 2018)
News EPA Sends Phase I of Final NPDES Updates Rule to OMB for Review On October 9, 2018 EPA sent Phase I of the NPDES Updates Rule to the Office of Management and Budget. EPA initially proposed (May 18, 2016) to update the NPDES regulations in order to eliminate inconsistencies between regulations and application forms,… Read More »
ACWA Weekly Wrap Vol. IX, Issue 28 (Week of July 30, 2018)
News Acting Administrator Wheeler Testifies Before Senate Environment and Public Works Committee Acting Administrator Wheeler testified before the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works this week. The hearing was more cordial than previous hearings with his predecessor with praise for his first 25 days as acting administrator from both the majority and minority parties. Acting… Read More »
ACWA Weekly Wrap Vol. IX, Issue 24 (Week of June 25, 2018)
News PFAS Community Engagement Event Information Released EPA announced more details for their next PFAS Community Engagement Event in Horsham, Pennsylvania on July 25th. Additionally, locations for future engagement events include Fountain, Colorado and North Carolina. More details for these two events will be announced soon. More information and meeting materials from the first engagement event… 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 »
