Category: Legal Corner
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EPA Announces Proposed Decision to Regulate PFOA and PFOS in Drinking Water
EPA Announces Proposed Decision to Regulate PFOA and PFOS in Drinking Water On February 20, 2020, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) took another important step in implementing the Agency’s PFAS Action Plan by proposing regulatory determinations for perfluorooctanesulfonic acid (PFOS) and perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) in drinking water. Today’s preliminary determinations mark a key milestone…
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Study funded in part by PA DEP finds no evidence fracking waste harming Pennsylvania streams…Source: Pennsylvania Business Report
Study funded in part by PA DEP finds no evidence fracking waste harming Pennsylvania streams A new federal study failed to find evidence that oil and gas production in northern Pennsylvania has contaminated the commonwealth’s forest rivers and streams, providing a timely counterweight to the vows to ban fracking being made by some Democratic presidential…
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AWWA Proposed Comments on LCR
AWWA Proposed Comments on LCR AWWA today submitted its comments on the proposed changes to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Lead and Copper Rule. We are grateful to all the Sections who have developed their own comments and helped the Association refine its comments. The Sections and utilities can still submit comments to the…
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PA DEP: Pennsylvania State Clean Diesel Grant Program; Availability of Grants
Pennsylvania State Clean Diesel Grant Program; Availability of Grants In reviewing the online version of this week’s Pennsylvania Bulletin, we noticed the item(s) below that we thought may be of interest to you. http://www.pacodeandbulletin.gov/Display/pabull?file=/secure/pabulletin/data/vol50/50-5/159.html NOTICES DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION Pennsylvania State Clean Diesel Grant Program; Availability of Grants [50 Pa.B. 739] [Saturday, February 1, 2020]…
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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…