The D.C. Department of Energy and Environment (DOEE) issued a second proposed rulemaking (Proposed Rule) on May 30, 2025, to amend the District's Stormwater Management and Soil Erosion and Sediment Rules (Stormwater Rules)...more
6/26/2025
/ Commercial Property Owners ,
Construction Industry ,
Department of Energy and Environmental Protection ,
Final Rules ,
Flooding ,
Mixed-Use Zoning ,
Property Owners ,
Proposed Rules ,
Real Estate Development ,
Residential Property Owners ,
Storm Water ,
Waste Management
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to add 16 new, individually listed per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) and 15 PFAS categories to the Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) list as "chemicals of...more
While product importers were spending the summer poring over the Instructions for Reporting PFAS Under TSCA Section 8(a)(7) (May 2024), the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) was working on a Direct Final Rule and...more
The D.C. Department of Energy and Environment (DOEE) on July 19, 2024, published a proposed rulemaking (Proposed Rule) to adopt amendments to the District's Flood Hazard Rules (Rules) contained in Chapter 31, Title 20 of the...more
7/31/2024
/ Comment Period ,
Construction Project ,
Department of Energy and Environmental Protection ,
FEMA ,
Flood Management ,
Flood Maps ,
Flood Zones ,
Proposed Amendments ,
Proposed Rules ,
Public Comment ,
Real Estate Development ,
Urban Planning & Development
The District of Columbia Department of Energy and Environment (DOEE) published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (Proposed Rule) to adopt a new Chapter 16 – Discharge of Groundwater to the Municipal Separate Stormwater Sewer...more
6/6/2023
/ Comment Period ,
Department of Energy and Environmental Protection ,
Groundwater ,
Municipalities ,
NPRM ,
Permits ,
Proposed Rules ,
Public Meetings ,
Storm Water ,
Stormwater Discharge Permits ,
Surface Water
• Proposed changes to the District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority's System Availability Fee (SAF) regulations would provide developers credits for providing new affordable housing units.
• Proposed sewer service...more
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Gina McCarthy on Dec. 1, 2016, signed a pre-publication version of a proposed rule that seeks to establish financial responsibility requirements for approximately 221...more