ASDWA 50th SDWA Anniversary Video Series Featuring Sarah Pillsbury of New Hampshire
ASDWA is excited to share the second video in our continuing series highlighting success stories from the past 50 years...
Original Broadcast: August 1, 2019
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Background:
EPA is required to develop by October 2020 a rulemaking which will authorize primacy agencies to mandate assessments of restructuring options for water systems which frequently violate health-based standards, and which have unsuccessfully attempted, or which are unable to attempt, feasible and affordable actions to return to compliance. The mandatory assessments must be tailored to the water system’s size, type, and other factors, and cannot be overly burdensome on the assessed system. The regulation also must describe how primacy agencies may offer liability protection to a compliant water system which is consolidating with an assessed water system. In addition, Subsection 1414(h) now includes a new type of restructuring activity, which is a contractual agreement for significant management or administrative functions of a water system, to correct violations identified in a restructuring plan. DWSRF loans may be used to carry out such consolidations or transfers. AWIA also amended SDWA Section 1413 requirements for primary enforcement responsibility, or primacy, to include the new mandatory assessment authority. The Water System Restructuring Rule will include both the consolidation incentive provisions under Subsection1414(h), and the primacy requirements under Section 1413, of the SDWA.
Purpose:
This webinar is intended to help EPA and ASDWA identify state concerns, discuss current and previous efforts, and form potential collaborative actions which ASDWA & EPA can take to help your state in the area of restructuring. During this webinar:
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