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 »
News and Updates
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 »
ACWA Weekly Wrap Vol. IX, Issue 5 (Week of January 29, 2018)
News President Gives First State of the Union Address On Tuesday, January 30, President Donald Trump delivered his first State of the Union Address. Regarding infrastructure, the president called for… Read More »
ACWA Weekly Wrap Vol. IX, Issue 4 (Week of January 22, 2018)
News Leaked White House Infrastructure Plan Since taking office the President has been discussing a $1 trillion infrastructure plan to build and maintain roads, bridges, and water systems. This plan… Read More »
ACWA Weekly Wrap Vol. IX, Issue 3 (Week of January 15, 2018)
News USDA Office of Environmental Markets announces the release of NTT This week, USDA’s Office of Environmental Markets announced the release of the Nutrient Tracking Tool (“NTT”’) for nation-wide use.… Read More »
ACWA Weekly Wrap Vol. IX, Issue 2 (Week of January 8, 2018)
News House Caucus Releases Ideas for Funding Water/Wastewater Infrastructure The Problem Solvers Caucus, a bipartisan group of House members, released a report outlining actions Congress could take to fund water… Read More »
