Witnesses at a February Water Resources and Environment Subcommittee hearing testified about how commonsense Clean Water Act (CWA) permitting reforms can address regulatory uncertainty and the abuses that have delayed infrastructure projects, increased project costs, and blocked projects over issues unrelated to clean water. The subcommittee’s hearing examined how Congress can ensure the CWA balances the goal of protecting water…
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PACA Adds Megan Dennis to Staff
The Pennsylvania Aggregates and Concrete Association (PACA) announced Megan Dennis has joined the association as its new director of environmental, safety and health. In this role, Dennis will offer strategic guidance on environmental, safety and health regulations, as well as provide educational support to PACA members regarding state and federal acts, statutes and regulations, and on agencies’ initiatives that affect…
Read MoreEPA Announces New WOTUS Rule
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a new Waters of the United States (WOTUS) rule in response to a May Supreme Court ruling that curtailed which waters are subject to federal Clean Water Act protections. The revised WOTUS rule breaks from longstanding federal waters protections to require that protected wetlands have a clearer link to waterways like oceans and rivers.…
Read MoreEPA Tour to Celebrate Clean Water Act 50th Anniversary
EPA Assistant Administrator for Water Radhika Fox recently joined agency colleagues, state and local officials to kick off the Clean Water Act 50th Anniversary celebration tour. Culminating in mid-October, it will highlight waters that are essential to healthy people, vibrant ecosystems, agricultural productivity, and economic growth, with stops including the Florida Everglades, Chesapeake Bay, Great Lakes, San Francisco Bay and…
Read MoreNSSGA, ARTBA Appeal to Supreme Court on Clean Water Act
Confusing rules promulgated by federal agencies under the Clean Water Act (CWA) are hurting the transportation construction sector’s ability to deliver infrastructure improvements that benefit all Americans, according to an amicus brief filed April 13 with the U.S. Supreme Court by the American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) and National Stone, Sand & Gravel Association (NSSGA). In the brief,…
Read MoreNSSGA, ARTBA Appeal to Supreme Court on Clean Water Act
Confusing rules promulgated by federal agencies under the Clean Water Act (CWA) are hurting the transportation construction sector’s ability to deliver infrastructure improvements that benefit all Americans, according to an amicus brief filed April 13 with the U.S. Supreme Court by the American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) and National Stone, Sand & Gravel Association (NSSGA).
Read MoreARTBA Says NWPR Could Jeopardize Infrastructure Goals
The American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) declared that the Biden administration’s withdrawal of the 2020 Navigable Waters Protection Rule (NWPR) jeopardizes its own infrastructure goals by increasing delays to important transportation projects.
Read MoreCalifornia Quarry Under Fire for Stormwater Discharges
According to KPIX news in San Francisco, water quality regulators let a Sonoma County-based quarry know it could face a $4.5 million fine for multiple alleged violations of the Clean Water Act that threaten the survival of endangered salmon populations in tributaries of the Russian River.
Read MoreEPA Proposes $24,000 Penalty for Illegal Dredging in Idaho
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that it is proposing to settle a Clean Water Act case against Carl Grissom of West Richland, Wash., for unauthorized suction dredge mining in the South Fork Clearwater River in central Idaho in 2018. The agency is proposing that Grissom pay a $24,000 penalty. Suction dredge operations can destroy fish eggs and newly…
Read MoreFederal Judge Sinks Navigable Waters Protection Rule
A federal judge struck down the Navigable Waters Protection Rule (NWPR). The order from the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona brings a swift end to the regulation, which was modified under the Trump administration.
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