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New Executive Order Aims to Expand Racial Equity and Support for Underserved Communities

New Executive Order Aims to Expand Racial Equity and Support for Underserved Communities

On February 16, the Biden Administration released a new Executive Order (EO), Further Advancing Racial Equity and Support for Underserved...

EPA to Hold Listening Sessions on PFAS CERCLA Enforcement

EPA to Hold Listening Sessions on PFAS CERCLA Enforcement

EPA has announced two identical upcoming listening sessions to allow the public to provide input on the Agency’s PFAS enforcement...

EPA Seeks Recommendations for Sixth Candidate Contaminant List

EPA Seeks Recommendations for Sixth Candidate Contaminant List

On February 17, EPA published a request for nominations for the Sixth Contaminant Candidate List (CCL 6). Interested parties can...

EPA Updates Water Technical Assistance Website

EPA Updates Water Technical Assistance Website

On February 16, EPA released an update to the Agency’s Water Technical Assistance (TA) website. Most notably, EPA has developed...

Register for EPA MDBP Update and Water Storage Tank Ecosystem Challenges Webinar

Register for EPA MDBP Update and Water Storage Tank Ecosystem Challenges Webinar

At the end of February (2/28), EPA will be hosting a webinar in its Pathogens Series presenting an overview of...

EPA Announces Release of $2 Billion in BIL Funding to Address Emerging Contaminants in Drinking Water

EPA Announces Release of $2 Billion in BIL Funding to Address Emerging Contaminants in Drinking Water

On February 13, EPA announced the release of $2 billion in Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) funding to address PFAS and...

ASDWA and GWPC Fact Sheet on State Source Water Protection Agriculture and Forestry Coordination Progress

ASDWA and GWPC Fact Sheet on State Source Water Protection Agriculture and Forestry Coordination Progress

ASDWA and the Ground Water Protection Council (GWPC) have published a new fact sheet entitled, “State Source Water Protection (SWP)...

OMB Proposes Guidance for Implementing BABA in Federal Grants and Agreements

OMB Proposes Guidance for Implementing BABA in Federal Grants and Agreements

On February 9, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) published a proposal to revise the Agency’s Guidance for Grants...

EPIC Releases A Playbook for States to Develop Water System Service Area Boundaries

EPIC Releases A Playbook for States to Develop Water System Service Area Boundaries

This week, the Environmental Policy Innovation Center (EPIC) launched A State Playbook for Creating and Sharing Drinking Water Service Area...

EU Releases Proposal to Ban Use of PFAS

EU Releases Proposal to Ban Use of PFAS

On February 7, the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) released a proposal to restrict the use of nearly 10,000 per- and...

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