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PFAS Monitoring Requirements and Stormwater Pollution Prevention Under the 2026 NPDES Permit

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On December 13, 2024, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published a request for public comment for the 2026 National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) general permit for stormwater...more

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EPA Proposes Updated General Clean Water Act Industrial and Construction Permits

Update: On February 3, 2025, EPA extended the comment period on the 2026 Multi-Sector General Permit (MSGP) to April 4, 2025....more

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EPA Proposes Updated General Clean Water Act NPDES and Construction Permits

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2026 MSGP - EPA released its proposed 2026 MSGP, which authorizes stormwater discharges associated with industrial activities in jurisdictions where EPA is the NPDES permitting authority, including Massachusetts, New...more

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Bacteria Effluent Limits/Logan International Airport: Massachusetts Port Authority Petitions U.S. EPA Environmental Appeals Board...

The Massachusetts Port Authority (“Authority”) filed a September 20th document before the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) Environmental Appeals Board (“EAB”) styled: Petition for Review of...more

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PFAS Update: 2022 Federal PFAS Regulatory Recap

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As anticipated, 2022 was another eventful year for the regulation of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (“PFAS”) at the federal level. The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) took significant actions under...more

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EPA’s Latest PFAS Guidance Signals Source-based Permitting and Monitoring Strategy

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The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently signaled a path forward on its roadmap to address PFAS contamination, something industry, water suppliers, and wastewater treatment operators, to name a few, have been...more

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Alabama Incorporating PFAS Requirements into Permits for Certain Industrial Categories

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Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or “PFAS,” as they have come to be known, are a category of widely-used and long-lasting chemicals found in many consumer, commercial, and industrial products. The human health and...more

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Arkansas Division of Environmental Quality/Office of Water Quality Update: Stacie Wassell (Deputy Associate Director) Arkansas...

Ms. Stacie Wassell undertook a presentation on October 6th at the Arkansas Environmental Federation Convention titled: Office of Water Quality Update (“Presentation”) - Ms. Wassell serves as the Deputy Associate Director...more

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PFAS and Your Business: Screening for Risk

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States across the country have been regulating per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (“PFAS”) over the last few years. Recent actions taken by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) underscores that point:...more

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EPA Updates NPDES Guidance on PFAS

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U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Assistant Administrator Radhika Fox issued a memorandum on April 28, 2022, addressing EPA's revised guidance for addressing per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in National...more

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California Steps Up Its Investigations and Permitting of PFAS

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The State Water Resources Control Board (State Water Board) recently updated the regulated community and the public on the Board’s statewide investigation to study and sample potential sources of per- and polyfluoroalkyl...more

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PFAS Air Emission Regulations

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Typically when considering the regulatory risk presented by per- and polyfluoroalkyl (“PFAS”) compounds, businesses think of the regulation of drinking water, groundwater, and consumer products. However, there is an increased...more

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Regulation of PFAS in Wastewater Permits: Recent Guidance and Rulemaking Actions by EPA

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A recent rulemaking from EPA seeks the assistance of industry and the public in developing new effluent limitation guidelines to regulate per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (“PFAS”) in wastewater discharges from facilities...more

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Environmental Notes - May 2021

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A recent rulemaking from EPA seeks the assistance of industry and the public in developing new effluent limitation guidelines to regulate per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (“PFAS”) in wastewater discharges from facilities...more

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What’s In Your Permit?

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On November 30, 2020, a workgroup within the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released information about a memorandum to the U.S. EPA Regional Administrators summarizing an Interim Strategy for Per- and...more

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EPA Memo Confirms Pending NPDES Plan to Monitor PFAS

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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a press release on Nov. 30, 2020, describing recommendations from the per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES)...more

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PFAS/Clean Water Act: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Issues Interim Strategy for NPDES Permitting

The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) issued a memorandum titled: Recommendations from the PFAS NPDES Regional Coordinators Committee - Interim Strategy for Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances in...more

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