EPA Issues Final Rule to Narrow Scope and Timelines for State Water Quality Certifications -
The Environmental Protection Agency released it final “Clean Water Act Section 401 Certification Rule” this week, which limits...more
New Thresholds Impact Wider Swath of Public Water Suppliers -
Yesterday the California State Water Resources Control Board lowered its Response Levels for PFAS in drinking water to 10 parts per trillion for PFOA and 40...more
2/7/2020
/ Contamination ,
Critical Infrastructure Sectors ,
Drinking Water ,
Hazardous Substances ,
Pollution Control ,
Public Health ,
Regulatory Reform ,
Statistical Sampling ,
Threshold Requirements ,
Toxic Chemicals ,
Water Resources Control Board ,
Water Supplies
For the second time in the last 4 years, and the seventh since the Clean Water Act was adopted in 1972, the federal government has revised the definition of the term “Waters of the United States” for the purposes of the...more
12/13/2018
/ Clean Water Act ,
Comment Period ,
Critical Infrastructure Sectors ,
Deregulation ,
Environmental Policies ,
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ,
Inland Waterways ,
Navigable Waters ,
NPRM ,
Proposed Rules ,
Rulemaking Process ,
Trump Administration ,
US Army Corps of Engineers ,
Waters of the United States ,
Wetlands
The last thing that public agency leaders want to hear is that looming changes may make operating and building new public infrastructure more challenging and expensive. Unfortunately, proposed changes by the Environmental...more