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Q: We are considering washing our delivery fleet on a weekly basis with generic car soap. What concerns do I need to take into account with regards to the run off? Do I need a recapture system for the run off? Do I need a permit?
On the first day of the 115th Congress, Republicans promptly introduced legislation to explicitly weaken the powers of federal agencies in promulgating regulations. For example, in the House of Representatives, the Regulatory Accountability Act (H.R. 5) brings together six separate reform bills that have already passed the House in the previous Congress. H.R. 5 is […]
On December 5, 2016, the American Water Works Association and the National Association of Water Companies (AWWA/NAWC) filed suit in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit, asking the court to order the EPA to reopen its Effluent Limitations Guidelines and Standards for the Steam Electric Power Generating Point Source Category (ELGs, November […]
Under a new EPA proposal, pulp and paper mills subject to the Agency’s National Emissions Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP) will not need to undertake new compliance measures as a result of the Agency’s residual risk review. However, the EPA believes developments in this sector warrant revisions to the existing opacity requirements. Several other […]
The attorneys general (AGs) of 14 states, joined by officials in five local governments have written to Donald Trump, asking the president-elect to continue the federal defense of EPA’s Clean Power Plan (CPP) and not comply with requests from other states to abandon the rule on the first day of the new administration. At the […]
Q. How do I know if my site has any post-construction stormwater regulations?
Businesses cannot be sustainable without protecting the safety, health, and welfare of their most vital resource—their workers. A document co-authored by a current and past leader of OSHA explains that sustainable businesses go beyond compliance to protect people, the planet, and their profits.
Q. If I want to switch chemicals in my water treatment process, can I complete an antidegradation analysis myself and all in one application? A. Yes. You can do the antidegradation analysis yourself, so long as all methods of sample collection, preservation, and analysis are conducted using approved methods and tested by a certified laboratory. […]
Q. How do I know if my site has any post-construction stormwater regulations?
A major environmental provision in the Water Infrastructure Improvements for the Nation (WIIN) Act (S. 612) would give states the authority to establish, implement, and enforce their own permitting programs for the management and disposal of coal combustion residuals (CCRs) from electric power plants. Lawmakers from both the House and the Senate recently reached a […]