News EPA Issues Final List of Contaminants for Potential Regulatory Consideration in Drinking Water, Significantly Increases PFAS Chemicals for Review EPA published the Final Fifth Drinking Water Contaminant Candidate List… Read More »
News and Updates
ACWA Weekly Wrap Vol. XIII, Issue 31 (Week of October 24, 2022)
News EPA Releases Agency-Wide Strategy to Reduce Lead Exposures and Disparities in U.S. Communities EPA released its Strategy to Reduce Lead Exposures and Disparities in U.S. Communities (Lead Strategy), in… Read More »
ACWA Weekly Wrap Vol. XIII, Issue 31 (Week of October 17, 2022)
News Administration Celebrates 50 Years of the CWA This week marked the 50th anniversary of the Clean Water Act (CWA) and the Biden Administration marked the day in several ways.… Read More »
ACWA Weekly Wrap Vol. XIII, Issue 30 (Week of October 3, 2022)
News New ECHO Tools – Benzene Fenceline Monitoring and Environmental Justice This week EPA announced two new tools available to states and the public intended to provide additional information on… Read More »
ACWA Weekly Wrap Vol. XIII, Issue 29 (Week of September 26, 2022)
News Senate Passes Short Term Funding Bill, Action Moves to the House The Senate passed a short-term continuing resolution to fund the government through December 16, 2022. The continuing resolution… Read More »
ACWA Weekly Wrap Vol. XIII, Issue 28 (Week of September 19, 2022)
News Competing Senate Permit Streamlining Proposals Include Sec. 401 Changes Two legislative proposals that address a variety of energy project permit streamlining were released this week. Senator Capito (WV) released… Read More »
ACWA Weekly Wrap Vol. XIII, Issue 27 (Week of September 12, 2022)
News EPA Releases the CWA Section 303(d) Vision (2022-2023) Memo EPA has released the next iteration of the CWA Section 303(d) Vision. The 2022 – 2032 Vision for the Clean Water… Read More »
ACWA Weekly Wrap Vol. XIII, Issue 26 (Week of August 29, 2022)
News EPA Releases Final FY 2023-2024 National Program Guidances EPA released the final FY 2023-2024 National Program Guidances (NPGs) and Response to Comments. The FY 2023-2024 NPGs are the first… Read More »
ACWA Weekly Wrap Vol. XIII, Issue 25 (Week of August 22, 2022)
News EPA Proposes to Designate PFOA and PFOS as Hazardous Substances Under CERCLA Today, EPA released a pre-publication copy of proposed rule, Designation of Perfluorooctanoic Acid (PFOA) and Perfluorooctanesulfonic Acid… Read More »
ACWA Weekly Wrap Vol. XIII, Issue 24 (Week of August 15, 2022)
News National SRF BIL Training Workshops EPA has scheduled a series of 5 national SRF BIL Training Workshops this fall. These training workshops focus on topics important to SRF BIL… Read More »
ACWA Weekly Wrap Vol. XIII, Issue 24 (Week of August 8, 2022)
News ACWA Submits Comments on Water Quality Certification Improvement Rule ACWA submitted a set of comments on EPA’s proposed Water Quality Certification Improvement Rule. The proposed rule aims to restore… Read More »
ACWA Weekly Wrap Vol. XIII, Issue 23 (Week of July 25, 2022)
News EPA Releases Preliminary Data for 2021 Toxics Release Inventory Reporting This week, EPA published 2021 preliminary Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) data. The 2021 preliminary data are for substances included… Read More »
