Monday, May 17, 2021 1:00 – 1:10 Welcome & Opening Remarks 1:10 – 2:00 Breaking Down Barriers: EPA, States, & POTWs as Co-Regulators For nearly 40 years, the pretreatment program… Read More »
Documents
2021 ACWA Member Survey Results
These are the summarized takeaways from ACWA’s 2021 Member Survey.
ACWA 2021 Mid-Year Meeting Presentations: Day 2
Here are the presentations from the second day of ACWA’s 2021 Mid-Year Meeting.
ACWA 2021 Mid-Year Meeting Presentations: Day 1
Here are the presentations from the first day of ACWA’s 2021 Mid-Year Meeting.
ACWA 2021 Mid-Year Meeting Speaker Bios
These are the biographies for the ACWA 2021 Mid-Year Meeting panelists.
FY2021 Funding Chart
This document breaks down key water appropriations from the FY21 Omnibus.
ACWA 2021 Mid-Year Meeting Agenda
This is the finalized agenda for the 2021 Mid-Year Meeting.
Final ACWA Comment Letter Maui Decision Guidance
Comment Letter: EPA should engage in meaningful collaboration with states before finalizing the Maui Decision guidance and/or a future rule making. Meaningful collaboration includes early engagement, reviewing draft products, identifying… Read More »
Final ACWA Comment Letter Criminal Negligence Standard Proposal
ACWA would like to express support for the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) recent proposed rule clarifying that “state or tribal programs approved pursuant to CWA Sections 402 and 404 are not required to include the same criminal intent standard that is applicable to EPA under Section 309 of the CWA.”
EPA 50 Years
A half-century ago, our nation was in the grips of an unpopular war in Vietnam, trying to navigate new social norms and struggling to fulfill the historic promises of the… Read More »
EFC Technical Assistance Fact Sheet
A fact sheet from EPA and the Environmental Finance Centers on available technical assistance for integrated planning.
ACWA Comments on Proposal To Reissue and Modify Nationwide Permits
The NWPS are an important part of the regulatory system and enable efficient and effective regulatory review of construction and development activities that have a minimal individual and cumulative adverse environmental impacts. NWPS are permits used by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) to permit a wide range of activities that, upon incorporation of identified conditions and mitigation measures, have been determined to result in minimal adverse effects to the environment. NWPS
are useful for project applicants and states because they streamline the permitting processes necessary for approval. However, the states have several concerns, such as the water quality certification process, removal of the 300 linear foot limit for loss of stream bed and pre-construction notice requirements (PCN) with the changes outlined in the proposal and offer the
following comments.
