News Final 2016 Effluent Guidelines Plan Released EPA published a notice of the Final 2016 Effluent Guidelines Plan in today’s Federal Register. As this Plan explains, EPA has completed all… Read More »
Weekly Wrap
ACWA Weekly Wrap Vol. IX, Issue 16 (Week of April 23, 2018)
News ECHO Data Visualization Gallery Available for State Testing/Review This week EPA announced open testing of several new display tools in ECHO Gov. Federal, state, local and tribal government employees… Read More »
ACWA Weekly Wrap Vol. IX, Issue 15 (Week of April 16, 2018)
News ACWA Past President, Martha Clark Mettler, Testifies on Behalf of ACWA on The Appropriate Role of States and the Federal Government in Protecting Groundwater On Wednesday, April 18, Martha… Read More »
ACWA Weekly Wrap Vol. IX, Issue 14 (Week of April 9, 2018)
News Supplemental WOTUS Notice Sent to OMB This week EPA and the Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) sent a supplemental notice to the pending repeal of the 2015 Clean Water… Read More »
ACWA Weekly Wrap Vol. IX, Issue 13 (Week of April 2, 2018)
News EPA Amends Regional Administrators Delegation Authority under 404 Administrator Pruitt sent a memo and associated amendment to EPA regional offices outlining changes to the standing delegation of CWA authority from… Read More »
ACWA Weekly Wrap Vol. IX, Issue 12 (Week of March 26, 2018)
News EPA’s FY18 Information Released On March 23, 2018, the FY18 Omnibus bill became law with the President’s signature. EPA’s funding levels remained at $8.1 billion despite the president’s drastic proposed cuts.… Read More »
ACWA Weekly Wrap Vol. IX, Issue 11 (Week of March 12, 2018)
News Water Permits Division – Acting Director This week EPA announced that Sally Gutierrez will serve as Acting Director of the Water Permits Division. Ms. Gutierrez was most recently a… Read More »
ACWA Weekly Wrap Vol. IX, Issue 10 (Week of March 5, 2018)
Association Updates 2018 ACWA Member Priorities Survey In preparation for the upcoming Mid-Year Meeting, we are asking each ACWA member to complete a short survey. The survey is designed to… Read More »
ACWA Weekly Wrap Vol. IX, Issue 9 (Week of February 26, 2018)
News ECOS Announces New Executive Director ECOS announced this week that Sambhav (Sam) Sankar has been named the new Executive Director and General Counsel. Sankar will take join ECOS on… Read More »
ACWA Weekly Wrap Vol. IX, Issue 8 (Week of February 19, 2018)
News EPA Hosts Webinar with States to Discuss WOTUS This week, EPA hosted a states-only webinar for the members of ECOS, the Western States Water Council (WSWC), ACWA, and ASWM… Read More »
ACWA Weekly Wrap Vol. IX, Issue 7 (Week of February 12, 2018)
News Webinar: What States Must Consider Before Assuming Clean Water Act §404 Authority to Regulate Alteration of Wetlands. The National Governors Association Water Policy Learning Network is hosting a webinar… Read More »
ACWA Weekly Wrap Vol. IX, Issue 6 (Week of February 5, 2018)
News EPA publishes Final Rule Adding Applicability Date to 2015 Clean Water Rule in Federal Register EPA has published the final rule titled “Definition of “Waters of the United States” –… Read More »
