Drinking Water Headlines

Senate Confirms Lee Zeldin as 17th EPA Administrator

Senate Confirms Lee Zeldin as 17th EPA Administrator

Former Representative Lee Zeldin of New York’s 1st congressional district received Senate confirmation to lead the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)...

White House Rescinds Memo Freezing Federal Grants

White House Rescinds Memo Freezing Federal Grants

On the afternoon of Wednesday, January 29th, the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) announced that it is...

EPA Releases FY2025 Implementation Document and Outreach Factsheets for Lead Testing in Schools and Child Care Facilities

EPA Releases FY2025 Implementation Document and Outreach Factsheets for Lead Testing in Schools and Child Care Facilities

Earlier this month (January 17), EPA released the FY2025 Implementation Document for the EPA Voluntary School and Child Care Lead...

Lee Zeldin Senate Confirmation Vote to Take Place January 29th

Lee Zeldin Senate Confirmation Vote to Take Place January 29th

President Donald Trump’s nominee for Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will have his confirmation vote by the Senate...

State Attorneys General File Amicus Brief Defending EPA’s PFAS Drinking Water Rule

State Attorneys General File Amicus Brief Defending EPA’s PFAS Drinking Water Rule

On January 17, seventeen states and the District of Columbia filed an Amicus Brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals...

EPA Publishes Draft Risk Assessment for PFAS in Biosolids

EPA Publishes Draft Risk Assessment for PFAS in Biosolids

On January 14, 2025, released its Draft Sewage Sludge (biosolids) Risk Assessment for PFOA and PFOS. EPA uses the term...

New Executive Order Halts Some IIJA and IRA Funding

New Executive Order Halts Some IIJA and IRA Funding

On Tuesday, January 21st, President Trump signed the executive order Unleashing American Energy on his first full day in office....

OMB Withdraws EPA’s PFAS Effluent Limitation Guidelines and Standards Proposed Rule

OMB Withdraws EPA’s PFAS Effluent Limitation Guidelines and Standards Proposed Rule

On January 21, 2025, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) withdrew EPA’s Proposed Rule on “Clean Water Act Effluent...

EPA Administrator Nomination of Lee Zeldin Moves Forward in the Senate

EPA Administrator Nomination of Lee Zeldin Moves Forward in the Senate

On Thursday, 1/23, the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW) advanced the nomination of Lee Zeldin to the...

EPA Transition Team Members In Place

EPA Transition Team Members In Place

Earlier this week, EPA announced several members of the incoming transition team for the Agency: Eric Amidon as Chief of...

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