Category: Federal/State Legislative News
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Gov. Wolf Announces Billion-Dollar Plan to Fix Toxic Schools, Address Lead Across Pennsylvania
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 29, 2020 View Online Gov. Wolf Announces Billion-Dollar Plan to Fix Toxic Schools, Address Lead Across Pennsylvania Harrisburg, PA – Governor Tom Wolf today presented a series of proposed 2020-21 budget items totaling more than $1.1 billion to support reducing the risks to Pennsylvanians of lead and asbestos, and remediating existing…
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PA and Army Deliver on President Trump’s Promise to Issue the Navigable Waters Protection Rule – A New Definition of WOTUS
PA and Army Deliver on President Trump’s Promise to Issue the Navigable Waters Protection Rule – A New Definition of WOTUS PITTSBURGH, PA (January 23, 2020) – Today, at an event at the US Army Corp of Engineers’ (USACE) Pittsburgh District Office, EPA Regional Administrator Cosmo Servidio, USACE Deputy Commander Jon Klink, and Representative Glenn…
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AWWA’s Trending in an Instant: A Risk Communication Guide for Water Utilities is available on-line
To PA-AWWA Members and water utilities: Trending in an Instant: A Risk Communication Guide for Water Utilities. The full guide is available here (member log in required) and the smaller executive summary is available here (no member log in required).
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ACTION NEEDED — Update on PA Water Use Fee
ACTION NEEDED — Update on PA Water Use Fee Erik A. Ross Senior Associate Milliron & Goodman Government Relations, LLC. 200 North 3rd Street Suite 1500 Harrisburg, PA 17101 Phone: 717-232-5322 Cell: 717-574-3963 [email protected] Don’t be fooled by the below article – the bay folks are still pushing for a water use fee on drinking water…
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Reflections on the new source water protection provisions in the Farm Bill one year later by Tracy Mehan III, AWWA Executive Director of Government Affairs and Nancy Sullivan, AWWA Section Services
Reflections on the new source water protection provisions in the Farm Bill one year later. Farm Bill and Source Water Protection One Year Later By Tracy Mehan, III Executive Director, Government Affairs American Water Works Association 202-326-6125 (direct) 703-850-9401 (cell) and Nancy Sullivan, AWWA Section Services
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Emergency Response Plans – What’s the difference between PADEP’s existing requirements and the federal AWIA requirements? By Patti Kay Wisniewski, US EPA
Emergency Response Plans – What’s the difference between PADEP’s existing requirements and the federal AWIA requirements? By Patti Kay Wisniewski, US EPA The 2018 America’s Water Infrastructure Act (AWIA) requires Emergency Response Plans (ERP) to include: Strategies and resources to improve the resilience of the system, including the physical security and cybersecurity of the…
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US EPA Important Information: Water Utilities Benefit from Amendments to EPCRA
Water Utilities Benefit from Amendments to EPCRA EPA Newsletter article EPCRA Jan 2020 Water utilities will receive notifications from the state primacy agency about spills and have the right to request information about what is stored upstream. This article covers the details of the changes which came about in October 2018 with the passage…
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US EPA: Important Information about ERP’s
Emergency Response Plans EPA Newsletter article ERPs Jan 2020 An Emergency Response Plan (ERP) describes your utility’s strategies, resources, plans and procedures to prepare for and respond to an incident, natural or man-made, that threatens life, property, or the environment. Each community water system must prepare or revise, where necessary, an emergency response plan…
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OUTREACH NEEDED – Senate Environmental Committee Puts Spotlight On Funding Needed To Implement PA Clean Water Plan At Chesapeake Bay Briefing
OUTREACH NEEDED – Senate Environmental Committee Puts Spotlight On Funding Needed To Implement PA Clean Water Plan At Chesapeake Bay Briefing See article below about today’s hearing – The Chesapeake Bay Commission continues to push for water use fees (see Ann Swanson testimony below) to pay for the bay cleanup. Any such funding proposal will…
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National Primary Drinking Water Regulations: Proposed Lead and Copper Rule Revisions…EPA is extending the proposed LCR public comment period to February 12, 2020
LCR Comment Period Extension EPA is extending the proposed LCR public comment period to February 12, 2020. This announcement will appear in the Federal Register soon. We look forward to your comments on the proposed rule. National Primary Drinking Water Regulations: Proposed Lead and Copper Rule Revisions SUMMARY: On November 13, 2019, the U.S. Environmental…