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In a final rule, the EPA has modified scores of sampling and analysis procedures that must be used by states, municipalities, tribes, publicly owned treatment works (POTWs), and industrial dischargers that are required by the Clean Water Act (CWA) to monitor water quality, meet pollutant limits, and report to regulatory authorities.
At a packed classroom session at the StormCon 2017 Surface Water Quality Conference and Expo, Steve Thibaudeau of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Kurt Schaefer of Stantec talked about their experiences with the analysis and repair of nonperforming stormwater management systems. The presentation, called “Diagnosing and Repairing a Stormwater Management System: The Good, […]
In their keynote speeches during the Opening General Session of this year’s StormCon conference in Bellevue, Washington, Dominique Lueckenhoff, the Acting Director of EPA Region 3’s Water Protection Division, and Mami Hara, the General Manager and CEO of Seattle Public Utilities, underscored the need for innovative community- and industry-driven approaches to the problems presented by […]
The EPA has issued its annual update of EJSCREEN, which the Agency describes as “a tremendously popular tool, consistently ranking as one of EPA’s most used tools available through the Agency website.” EJSCREEN was created in 2012 as an environmental justice (EJ) screening and mapping tool that utilizes standard and nationally consistent data to highlight […]
There is strong bipartisan support in Congress behind a bill that would improve an existing federal tax credit to promote and spur carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS) technologies and processes.
Q: What should I do if an EPA or engineer’s inspection finds deficiencies in loading or unloading containments that should be addressed by the SPCC Plan?
As it committed to doing in a settlement reached with Pebble Limited Partnership (PLP) on May 12, 2017, the EPA is formally proposing to withdraw its July 2014 proposed determination on the company’s plan to build a copper and gold ore mine in the headwaters of Bristol Bay, Alaska.
The impact of EPA’s Clean Power Plan and other major Clean Air Act (CAA) actions on jobs in the coal mining industry was the subject of a suit by Murray Energy Corporation and others, which asserted that the Agency did not meet its nondiscretionary duty under CAA Section 321(a) to evaluate what effects those actions […]
Congress has issued its first significant response to President Donald Trump’s proposed 31 percent cut in EPA’s fiscal year (FY) 2018 budget. Specifically, the House Appropriations Committee released a draft appropriations bill that would fund the Agency at $7.5 billion, a reduction of $528 million below the FY 2017 enacted level but $1.9 billion above […]
In his June 15, 2017, testimony before the House of Representatives Committee on Appropriations on the administration’s proposed budget for the EPA, Administrator Scott Pruitt said nothing to dim industry’s hope that many regulatory rollbacks will be forthcoming or that changed the minds of liberals who view Pruitt as a solid representative of President Donald […]