Category: Federal/State Legislative News

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 21, 2019 View Online Gov. Wolf’s Restore Pennsylvania Can Help Clean Up Contaminated Drinking Water Horsham, PA — Governor Tom Wolf today joined local and state officials on a tour of a Horsham Water and Sewer Authority well equipped with a Granular Activated Carbon (GAC) filter to see what the township…

ATTENTION COMMUNITY WATER SUPPLIERS: If you serve a population of more than 3,300, based on the state drinking water inventory and reported to EPA, then you are subject to the 2018 America’s Water Infrastructure Act. This Act requires risk and resilience assessments and updated emergency response plans every 5 years. Certification of completion of each…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 20, 2019 Department of Homeland Security Certifies Pennsylvania as REAL ID-Compliant Harrisburg, PA – Today, PennDOT announced that the department has been notified by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) that Pennsylvania is in full compliance with the federal REAL ID Act and regulation. “This DHS designation is the culmination of…

May 15, 2019 (WASHINGTON, DC) – The American Water Works Association (AWWA) today testified before the U.S. House Subcommittee on the Environment and Climate Change about approaches to addressing PFAS in drinking water. Tracy Mehan, AWWA’s executive director of government affairs, spoke on behalf of the non-profit organization whose 51,000 members represent water professionals throughout…

PFAS PA DEP’s PFAS webpage For more visit:  www.epa.gov/pfas US EPA’s PFAS Action Plan  

Draft Interim Recommendations for Addressing Groundwater Contaminated with PFOA and PFOS Draft Interim Recommendations for addressing groundwater The EPA is seeking public comment on a draft set of recommendations for cleaning up groundwater contaminated with PFOA and PFOS.  When finalized, the recommendations will provide a starting point for making site-specific cleanup decisions. The guidance is…

PA DEP Announces PFAS Sampling Plan to Identify Possible Water Contamination Harrisburg, PA – As a part of the Wolf Administration’s efforts to address contamination from per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) announced a statewide sampling plan to identify impacted drinking water supplies. The sampling plan will test water…

PA EQB proposed rulemaking #7-533 “Water Quality Management and NPDES Permit Application Fees and Annual Fees” (IRRC #3227).   Please see the corrective amendment published in PA Bulletin on April 6, 2019. https://www.pabulletin.com/secure/data/vol49/49-14/488.html Scott Schalles Regulatory Analyst Independent Regulatory Review Commission 717.214.8955   From: Scott Schalles Sent: Wednesday, April 3, 2019 11:54 AM Subject: PA…

PA EQB proposed rulemaking #7-533 “Water Quality Management and NPDES Permit Application Fees and Annual Fees” (IRRC #3227). The proposal noted above was recently delivered to the Independent Regulatory Review Commission (IRRC) and the PA House and Senate Environmental Resources and Energy Committees for review.  It might be of interest to your organization. A copy…

ATTENTION COMMUNITY WATER SUPPLIERS If you serve a population of more than 3,300, based on the state drinking water inventory and reported to EPA, then you are subject to the 2018 America’s Water Infrastructure Act.  This Act requires risk and resilience assessments and updated emergency response plans every 5 years.  Certification of completion of each…