Drinking Water Headlines

EPA & Corps of Engineers Publish Final “Revised Definition of Waters of the United States” (WOTUS) Rule

EPA & Corps of Engineers Publish Final “Revised Definition of Waters of the United States” (WOTUS) Rule

On December 30, 2022, EPA and the Corps of Engineers published the pre-publication version of the final “Revised Definition of...

President Biden Signs Omnibus Spending Bill

President Biden Signs Omnibus Spending Bill

On Thursday, 12/29, President Biden signed the omnibus spending bill, after a flurry of year-end Congressional activity to avoid a...

Proposed PFAS Regulation Still Under Review at OMB

Proposed PFAS Regulation Still Under Review at OMB

EPA’s proposed drinking water regulation for PFOA and PFOS is still under Executive Order (E.O.) 12866 Review at the Office...

EPA Releases Final IRIS Assessment for PFBA

EPA Releases Final IRIS Assessment for PFBA

On December 22, EPA released the final Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS) Program Toxicological Review of Perfluorobutanoic Acid (PFBA). From...

Congress Passes Additional One-Week CR as $1.7 Trillion Omnibus Bill Heads to Biden’s Desk

Congress Passes Additional One-Week CR as $1.7 Trillion Omnibus Bill Heads to Biden’s Desk

On Friday, December 23, President Biden signed a one-week Continuing Resolution (CR) that avoided the federal government shutdown that was...

EPA Announces Small Water and Wastewater System Technical Assistance Grants

EPA Announces Small Water and Wastewater System Technical Assistance Grants

On December 12, EPA announced $25.7 million for the FY22 Training and Technical Assistance to Improve Water Quality and Enable...

EPA Sends Memo on Cybersecurity for Water Systems to OMB for Review

EPA Sends Memo on Cybersecurity for Water Systems to OMB for Review

On Friday, 12/16, EPA sent a “Memorandum to State Drinking Water Administrators on Public Water System Cybersecurity” (RIN: 2040-ZA41) to...

3M Announces Plan to End its Manufacturing and Use of PFAS by 2025

3M Announces Plan to End its Manufacturing and Use of PFAS by 2025

In a December 20 press release, 3M announced that the company would end its manufacturing of PFAS, as well as...

Congressional Appropriators Unveil $1.7 Trillion Omnibus Bill

Congressional Appropriators Unveil $1.7 Trillion Omnibus Bill

Early this morning (12/20), Congressional appropriators released the FY 2023 omnibus spending package. The full bill includes over 4100 pages...

Senate Passes One Week Continuing Resolution, Bill Heads to President Biden’s Desk

Senate Passes One Week Continuing Resolution, Bill Heads to President Biden’s Desk

Late Thursday night (12/15) the Senate passed a one-week Continuing Resolution (CR) that will avoid a government shutdown today (12/16)...

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