Regulations & Legislation


EPA to Revoke Rules Allowing Carbofuran Pesticide

The Environmental Protection Agency is moving forward without an evidentiary hearing to implement the agency's May 2009 final rule revoking tolerances, or residue limits, for the pesticide carbofuran.

Court: DOE Reconsider Calif. Washing Machine Standards

State standard called for machines to use only 6 gallons of water per cubic foot of capacity by 2010.

SF Transit Must Set Up ICS Training for 2005 Spill

DOJ lodges consent decree against the city and county of San Francisco for Transit Authority's failure to comply with the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act's underground storage tank rules.

EPA Requests Comments on Survey for Stormwater Rule

The agency wants owners, operators, developers and contractors to complete questionnaires about current stormwater management practices.

New York's Extended Bottle Bill to Begin Nov. 8

State officials are giving retailers more time to comply with water bottle requirements.

FPMA Committee Chair Rallies for Florida Cleanup Funds

Florida Petroleum Marketers Association says that more than $200 million from a cleanup trust was swept into the general fund for other programs.

Jackson Addresses Lawmakers on Energy Bill

The Senate version of the American Clean Energy and Security Act should transform the American economy just as the House version, Jackson says.



EPA Takes Action for Drinking Water in 3 States

Region 8 finds Safe Drinking Water Act violations in public water systems in Montana, Utah, and Wyoming.

TVA Kingston Site Work Plan Released for Comment

The Tennessee Valley Authority has proposed restoration alternatives for aspects of the site cleanup that don't have to be addressed immediately.

East Shoshone County to Install Filtration, Clean Mine Adit

Idaho Water District will make changes to meet Safe Drinking Water standards and pay a $5,000 penalty.

Beckley's New Wastewater Main Should Halt Discharges

EPA grant will help fund the replacement of 7,000 feet of wastewater main for the West Virginia city.

EPA Fines Hunt Oil, Chaparral Energy for CWA Issues

Region 6 office fines Hunt Oil $7,150 for SPCC violations and Chaparral Energy $10,900 for an oil spill.

Cap and Trade Partnership Lowers Smog Levels in Eastern U.S.

EPA report shows that a cap and trade partnership established in 2003 has reduced smog-forming emissions of nitrogen oxides.

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Structural vs. Natural Runoff Solutions

The absence of a nationwide stormwater management standard, coupled with the different rainfall patterns, pollutants of concern, environmental resources and economic drivers from state to state, has resulted in a wide disparity among stormwater management programs.

EPA, Michigan, Dow Propose Settlement, Ask for Comments

The agreement outlines next steps in a comprehensive Superfund evaluation of dioxin contamination in two Michigan rivers and their floodplains.

EPA May Extend Stormwater Construction Permit to 2011

The permit, which applies primarily to five states, would be delayed so that the agency can have time to coordinate with work being done on an effluent limitation guideline.

EPA Seeks Comments on Dioxin Cleanup Goal

The Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response is reconsidering the remediation goals based on the latest science.

Industrial Wipes Subject of Revised Risk Analysis

EPA seeks comments on the revision of the 2003 proposed Solvent-Contaminated Industrial Wipes Rule.

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