The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) issued a July 20th report titled: The EPA Should Determine What Interim Actions Can Be Taken to Immediately Notify the Public...more
The Biden-Harris Administration is poised to work with states to make significant investments in replacing lead pipes across the country. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to make awards to state agencies to remove...more
On January 14, 2019, the President signed the Water Infrastructure Improvement Act (H.R. 7279), granting municipalities new statutory tools to affordably confront expensive infrastructure challenges using Integrated Planning....more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) issued July 18th revisions to the 2015 regulations for the disposal of coal combustion residuals (“CCR”) from electric utilities and independent power producers. ...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) announced on June 18th that it was approving the State of Oklahoma’s application to operate a permit program for disposal of coal combustion residuals (“CCRs”) in...more
The Gold King Mine was in the news this week – by way of a reminder, the Gold King Mine wastewater release occurred from an inactive Colorado gold mine near Silverton, Colorado, back in August of 2015 and the impacts were...more
Despite bi-partisan agreement on the urgency to invest in the nation’s infrastructure to meet fast growing demands on our roads, railroads and waterways, there has yet to materialize a bi-partisan framework for funding and...more
As mentioned in our Alert of “A WIIN for Water Infrastructure” on the recently signed Water Infrastructure Improvements for the Nation (“WIIN”) Act, Congress included provisions intended to provide national consistency and...more
In the early hours of December 10, after weeks of intense negotiations between House and Senate conferees, the Senate voted to send a final package containing Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) language to the President’s...more
Last month, in a strong display of bipartisanship in an otherwise tense post-election political climate, Congress passed the Water Infrastructure Improvements for the Nation Act (“WIIN” or the “Act”). President Obama signed...more
The President has signed the Water Infrastructure Improvements for the Nation (WIIN) Act, which was passed by the House and Senate earlier this month. The WIIN Act legislation was originally called the Water Resources...more
In enacting the “Water Infrastructure Improvements for the Nation Act,” Congress expanded the traditional role of Water Resource Development Acts. Where past legislation focused solely on water and navigation projects to be...more
On December 16, 2016, the President signed into law the Water Infrastructure Improvements for the Nation (“WIIN”) Act (S. 612), legislation negotiated by both parties, and overwhelmingly passed by Congress on December 10th,...more
It’s been a productive time for advocates of water in the U.S. with President Obama signing into law the Water Infrastructure Improvements for the Nation Act (WIIN). WIIN includes the Water Resources Development Act of 2016...more