ARCHIVE SITE - Last updated Jan. 19, 2017. Please visit www.NACWA.org for the latest NACWA information.
ARCHIVE SITE - Last updated Jan. 19, 2017. Please visit www.NACWA.org for the latest NACWA information.
» Clean Water Current Archive
NACWA to Testify at House Hearing on Integrated Planning ImplementationThe House Subcommittee on Water Resources & Environment invited NACWA this week to testify at a July 25 hearing that will explore needed next steps to ensure the effective implementation of EPA’s recently released integrated planning framework. DC Water’s General Manager, George Hawkins – a Board Member and Chair of the Association’s Money Matters Task Force – will be testifying on behalf of NACWA. The Association views the integrated planning framework as a key step in advancing the goals of its Money Matters. . . Smarter Investment to Advance Clean Water™ campaign, but will also call on Congress and EPA to continue to ensure maximum municipal flexibility in determining Clean Water Act (CWA) compliance priorities – and community affordability limits to achieve them. There have been a number of recent agreements, primarily in the consent decree context, that exemplify how integrated planning concepts can provide some relief (see, for example, the story on Atlanta’s consent decree extension in this Current). EPA Announces New Schedule for Stormwater RulemakingEPA informed NACWA this week that the Agency has established a revised schedule for its development of a new national post-construction stormwater rule. The new schedule calls for EPA to publish a draft version of the rule for public comment by June 10, 2013. The Agency will promulgate a final version of the rule by December 10, 2014. NACWA Letter Supports Atlanta Consent Decree ExtensionNACWA submitted a letter this week to the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) strongly supporting a recent consent decree modification and extension for Association member the City of Atlanta. The proposed modification, which is currently undergoing public comment, would extend the end date of Atlanta’s current wet weather consent decree by 13 years to 2027(see May 18 Clean Water Current for additional background). |
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