EPA Releases List of Laboratories Approved by EPA for UCMR5 as Testing Begins Nationwide
Testing under the Fifth Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Rule (UCMR 5) began on January 1. UCMR 5 requires public water systems...
ASDWA Asks EPA to Classify Releases of Certain PFAS as a Significant New Use Under Most Recent SNUR
In comments sent to EPA on December 28, ASDWA outlined recommendations for the Agency’s latest Significant New Use Rule (SNUR),...
EPA Releases Final IRIS Assessment for PFBA
On December 22, EPA released the final Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS) Program Toxicological Review of Perfluorobutanoic Acid (PFBA). From...
Congress Passes Additional One-Week CR as $1.7 Trillion Omnibus Bill Heads to Biden’s Desk
On Friday, December 23, President Biden signed a one-week Continuing Resolution (CR) that avoided the federal government shutdown that was...
3M Announces Plan to End its Manufacturing and Use of PFAS by 2025
In a December 20 press release, 3M announced that the company would end its manufacturing of PFAS, as well as...
Congressional Appropriators Unveil $1.7 Trillion Omnibus Bill
Early this morning (12/20), Congressional appropriators released the FY 2023 omnibus spending package. The full bill includes over 4100 pages...
Senate Passes One Week Continuing Resolution, Bill Heads to President Biden’s Desk
Late Thursday night (12/15) the Senate passed a one-week Continuing Resolution (CR) that will avoid a government shutdown today (12/16)...
US Water Alliance Releases Racial Equity Toolkit for Water Utilities
The US Water Alliance has released a new tool, the Racial Equity Toolkit, designed to enable water utilities to work...
CEQ Releases Version 1.0 of Climate and Economic Justice Screening Tool
On November 22, the White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) launched version 1.0 of the Climate and Economic Justice Screening...
EPA Celebrates One-Year Anniversary of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) marked the one-year anniversary of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) Tuesday (November 15) by releasing...
