News EPA Publishes Flyers Summarizing Bioassessment Program Reviews and the BCG Online EPA has posted online two new flyers that summarize key information found in two longer, previously published EPA… Read More »
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ACWA Weekly Wrap Vol. XI, Issue 31 (Week of September 14, 2020)
News Proposal to Reissue and Modify Nationwide Permits The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) Proposal To Reissue and Modify Nationwide Permits was published in the Federal Register this week.… Read More »
ACWA Weekly Wrap Vol. XI, Issue 29 (Week of August 24, 2020)
News New Report on Importance of Water Infrastructure Funding The American Society Civil Engineers and the US Water Alliance released a report entitled The Economic Benefits of Investing in Water… Read More »
ACWA Weekly Wrap Vol. XI, Issue 21 (Week of June 8, 2020)
News Public Webinar for the Clean Water Act Section 401 Certification Rule On June 1, 2020, the EPA finalized the “Clean Water Act Section 401 Certification Rule” to implement the… Read More »
ACWA Weekly Wrap Vol. XI, Issue 19 (Week of May 18, 2020)
News EPA Request Comments on Sec. 404 & ESA Consultation EPA will soon be publishing a Federal Register Notice requesting public comment regarding whether Endangered Species Act (ESA) Section 7… Read More »
ACWA Weekly Wrap Vol. XI, Issue 14 (Week of April 13, 2020)
News Federal Court Nullifies Clean Water Act General Permit for Pipelines and Other Linear Projects A Montana federal court has vacated Clean Water Act (CWA) Nationwide Permit 12 (“NWP 12”)… Read More »
ACWA Weekly Wrap Vol. XI, Issue 13 (Week of April 6, 2020)
News EPA Releases FY 2021 National Water Program Guidance Addendum The Office of Water released the FY 2021 National Water Program Addendum. In June of 2019, the FY 2020-2021 National… Read More »
ACWA Weekly Wrap Vol. XI, Issue 12 (Week of March 30, 2020)
News States Urged to Designate Drinking Water and Waste Water “Essential” during COVID-19 Last Friday, EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler sent a letter to state Governors urging them to ensure drinking… Read More »
ACWA Weekly Wrap Vol. XI, Issue 11 (Week of March 23, 2020)
News CISA Provides Guidance on Essential Critical Infrastructure Workforce The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) executes the Secretary of Homeland Security’s responsibilities as assigned under the Homeland Security Act… Read More »
ACWA Weekly Wrap Vol. XI, Issue 10 (Week of March 9, 2020)
**ACWA 2020 Mid-Year Meeting (March 17/18) Will Go On…Virtually!** Pursuant to coronavirus (COVID-19) management efforts, the ACWA Executive Committee made the difficult decision to host the 2020 ACWA Mid-Year Meeting… Read More »
ACWA Weekly Wrap Vol. XI, Issue 8 (Week of February 24, 2020)
News EPA Makes Agency Guidance Available to the Public EPA launched a new guidance portal that provides public access to agency guidance documents. This new searchable database is designed to… Read More »
ACWA Weekly Wrap Vol. XI, Issue 7 (Week of February 17, 2020)
News EPA CCR Permit Program Proposed February 20, 2020 (60-day Comment Period) In December 2016, the President signed the WIIN Act. The Act amended RCRA and requires EPA to implement… Read More »