Jun 15, 2020
Jamie Piziali is the Municipal Ombudsman at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. In this episode Jamie explains integrated planning, which offers an opportunity for a municipality to meet
Dec 23, 2020
On Dec. 22, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) finalized the Lead and Copper Revised Rule (LCRR), the first major revision in 30 years.
The rule for the first time requires public water
Dec 14, 2020
Unfortunately, this agreed upon version dropped all of the wastewater, drinking water and stormwater provisions. It's a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers only bill. The House and Senate couldn't
Jul 08, 2020
The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies has advanced a major appropriations bill by voice vote. The bill included large increases in spending on many
Jul 02, 2020
The INVEST in America Act (H.R. 2) is a massive infrastructure bill that was put forward by House Democrats with Rep. DeFazio (D-OR), Chair of the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, as the
Apr 23, 2020
On April 23, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its decision in the Maui case.
By a 6-3 majority, the Court ruled as follows: “We hold that the statute requires a permit when there is a direct discharge
Mar 06, 2020
On March 2, EPA’s proposed updates to the the Multi-Sector General Permit (MSGP) were published in the Federal Register.
EPA is seeking public comment on a proposed 2020 National Pollutant
Dec 17, 2019
After several months of negotiations beyond the start of the 2020 fiscal year, late last week Congress reached an agreement on the final FY20 budget for the federal government. The $1.4 trillion
Oct 23, 2019
On Oct. 22, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Andrew Wheeler announced that 38 new projects in 18 states are being invited to apply for Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation
Jun 27, 2019
On June 18, the Congressional Research Service (CRS) report titled “Regulating Drinking Water Contaminants: EPA PFAS Actions” was published in order to summarize the effects PFAS legislation would
