President Biden Signs Omnibus Spending Bill
On Thursday, 12/29, President Biden signed the omnibus spending bill, after a flurry of year-end Congressional activity to avoid a...
Proposed PFAS Regulation Still Under Review at OMB
EPA’s proposed drinking water regulation for PFOA and PFOS is still under Executive Order (E.O.) 12866 Review at the Office...
EPA Sends Memo on Cybersecurity for Water Systems to OMB for Review
On Friday, 12/16, EPA sent a “Memorandum to State Drinking Water Administrators on Public Water System Cybersecurity” (RIN: 2040-ZA41) to...
EPA Declares Date for Proposed Lead and Copper Rule Improvements
EPA is being sued by several parties (not really unusual for significant drinking water regulations), including NRDC and Earthjustice, on...
Talks Continue as Congress has not Resolved FY23 Budget or Continuing Resolution
Congress appears to be at an impasse, at the moment, over the annual government spending bill for Fiscal Year (FY)...
ASDWA’s Letter on Impacts to SRFs from Earmarks
ASDWA recently sent a letter to the Hill (below) to educate Members and their staff about the impacts to the...
Inspector General Finds that EPA Met AWIA Requirements but Needs to Improve Oversight
According to a recent report from EPA’s Office of Inspector General (OIG), the Agency generally met the water system security...
EPA Releases BABA Implementation Memo & Schedules 11/15 Webinar
EPA’s Office of Water (OW) recently released its implementation procedures for the Build America, Buy America (BABA) provisions of the...
EPA Releases Holistic Strategy to Reduce Lead Exposures
On Thursday, October 28, EPA released its Strategy to Reduce Lead Exposures and Disparities in U.S. Communities (Lead Strategy-see below),...
EPA Releases Guidance on Community Grants Programs
On Friday, October 21, EPA published the Final Implementation Guidance for the Agency’s Community Grants Programs (see below). In the...
