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Environmental Regulation

New EPA-Corps Rule Narrows Federal Clean-Water Jurisdiction

Tom Ichniowski

January 23, 2020

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Construction groups praise the rule but environmental organizations strongly oppose it, with lawsuits expected.

Federal Funding

Massive $1.4-Trillion Spending Measure Goes on the Books

Tom Ichniowski

December 22, 2019

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Legislation has mix of increases and cuts for infrastructure programs, but positive tax and other non-spending provisions.

Legal

Cement Makers' Settlement with EPA Includes $1.3M Penalty

Tom Ichniowski

December 4, 2019

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Agreement with Lehigh Cement and Lehigh White also calls for $12 million for pollution-control upgrades at 11 plants including one in New York state.

GAO Finds Superfund Sites Vulnerable to Climate Change

Pam Hunter McFarland

November 20, 2019

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A new report from the U.S. Government Accountability Office paints a dire picture of the potential impact of climate change on Superfund sites across the U.S. and concludes the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is not doing enough to manage these risks and their potential impact on the environment and public health.

EPA Unveils New Coal Ash Regulations

Mary B. Powers

November 6, 2019

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The Environmental Protection Agency has proposed two rules that would ease Obama-era requirements for disposal of two streams of waste that result from burning coal to produce electricity—the storage of coal ash and the discharge of contaminated water into waterways.

EPA Indiana Loan a New Wrinkle for WIFIA

Tom Ichniowski

October 23, 2019

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As the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency continues to sign off on new Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act loans, one of its latest WIFIA approvals has a new twist.

Water Infrastructure

EPA Proposes to Extend Timetable to Replace Lead Drinking-Water Lines

Pam McFarland

October 10, 2019

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Some view plan as modest improvement from 1991 rule, but critics say it weakens current protections.

Legal

Hyundai to Pay $47M to Settle Construction Equipment's Alleged Clean Air Violations

Tom Ichniowski

September 30, 2019

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Government charges that Hyundai nonroad vehicles didn't meet updated emissions standards.

Highway Infrastructure

EPA Threatens Cut in California's Federal Highway Funds

National construction groups weigh in on the issue

Tom Ichniowski

September 26, 2019

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EPA cites problems with state plans for meeting Clean Air Act pollution reduction standards.

States, Utilities Take Sides on Carbon Emissions Regulations

Mary B. Powers

September 25, 2019

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A set of lawsuits challenging the Obama administration’s Clean Power Plan were dismissed by a federal appeals court after the Trump administration replaced the regulation with the Affordable Clean Energy Rule, but that rule now faces its own set of challenges.