NACWA: Senate appropriations bill funds key clean water priorities
The Senate Appropriations Committee recently passed a fiscal year 2020 (FY20) Interior & Environment Appropriations bill, which funds the U.S. Environmental…
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EPA, Army Corps repealing 2015 WOTUS rule, recodifying definition
At an event last month in Albany, N.Y., U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Regional Administrator Pete Lopez, joined by representatives…
Senate approves budget deal that could boost EPA funds
Last week the Senate signed off on a bipartisan, two-year budget deal that lays the groundwork for lawmakers to make…
EPA chief Wheeler announces new Great Lakes restoration grant program
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Andrew Wheeler and Region 5 Administrator Cathy Stepp recently visited Cleveland, Ohio, to announce…
EPA receives 51 requests totalling $6 billion-plus for third round WIFIA funding
In response to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) third Notice of Funding Availability, the agency received 51 letters of…
House bill boosts EPA funding amid infrastructure plan fallout
The House Appropriations Committee passed its Fiscal Year 2020 (FY20) Interior & Environment Appropriations bill in May, which funds the…
EPA’s new round of WIFIA loans totals $6 billion
In March, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Andrew Wheeler announced the availability of funding to provide an estimated $6…
White House FY20 budget proposes cuts for EPA, Army Corps
Funding for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency would be cut by nearly a third next year under an FY20 budget proposal released…
Senate confirms Wheeler as EPA chief
The Senate voted 52-47 last week to confirm Andrew Wheeler as the next administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency…
EPA announces first-ever comprehensive PFAS action plan
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Acting Administrator Andrew Wheeler recently announced EPA’s first-ever comprehensive Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) Action…