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United States House of Representatives Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (Washington) and Celeste Maloy (Utah) introduced legislation titled: Water Systems PFAS Liability Protection Act (“Act”). The objective of the legislation is to...more
Three federal agencies have collectively developed a document titled: Incident Response Guide - Water and Wastewater Sector (“Guide”)....more
EPA’s listing of two “forever Chemicals” as CERCLA hazardous substances will re-open sites that companies had thought were closed. And every user of a product that contained them may become responsible for a share of the...more
Three federal agencies announced the joint production and release of a document titled: Incident Response Guide – Water and Wastewater Sector (January 2024) (“Guide”)...more
If there is one truism in California water, it is that there is not enough of it. In part to try to help address that issue, on December 19, 2023, the California State Water Resources Control Board (State Water Board) adopted...more
The Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) is poised to unleash in 2022 a flood of new stormwater-related regulatory actions and related procedural and technical guidance for development projects and...more
EPA to bring back mercury pollution rules rolled back under Trump administration - CNN – January 31 - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced on Monday that it intends to restore the 2012 Mercury and...more
As anticipated, 2021 was an eventful year for the regulation of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (“PFAS”) at the federal level. BCLP has highlighted the key developments in this document, but this is not intended to be a...more
On October 18, 2021, the Biden-Harris administration announced an updated government-wide “comprehensive approach” to address per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), a set of man-made chemicals that are widely used in a...more
In September 2021, the Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) released its Preliminary Effluent Guidelines Program Plan 15 (“Preliminary Plan 15”) which includes two new rulemakings that are intended to reduce Per- and...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) has outlined additional steps that it plans to take to investigate and in some cases regulate the discharge of per- or polyfluoroalkyl compounds (“PFAS”) in certain...more
On September 8, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced its Preliminary Effluent Guidelines Program Plan 15, which includes a suite of actions designed to address wastewater pollution under the Clean Water Act....more
Minnesota’s Statewide PFAS Strategy - Last week, Minnesota state officials announced a statewide strategy to address PFAS chemicals present within the state. PFAS are a class of man-made compounds that do not easily break...more
Biden, emphasizing job creation, signs sweeping climate actions - The New York Times – January 27 - President Biden on Wednesday signed a series of executive actions, ranging from pausing new federal oil leases to...more
On October 13, 2020, President Trump issued the Executive Order (EO) on Modernizing America’s Water Resource Management and Water Infrastructure. The goal of the EO is to streamline the management of federal water policy and...more
Telecommunications - AB 1699 Telecommunications: mobile Internet service providers: first response agencies: emergencies - Fire officials experienced a significant data transmission slowdown of their mobile emergency...more
This post yesterday referenced the Arkansas Waterworks Association when it should have named the American Waterworks Association (see previous post)....more
The United States Senate Committee on Agriculture (“Committee”) released its 2018 Farm Bill last week. The bill is denominated the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 (“Farm Bill”)....more