Articles Tagged with ''EPA''

Water Infrastructure

EPA Approves $202M WIFIA Loan to Baltimore

Tom Ichniowski

February 27, 2019

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Loan covers 21% of the $942-million of a package of wastewater treatment plant and sewer system improvements.

Corps Issues Draft EIS for Controversial Alaskan Copper Mine

Corps expects to release final EIS in early 2020

Pam Radtke Russell

February 21, 2019

One Comment

The draft EIS comes to no conclusions, but owner says it clears the way for copper mine.

Environmental Regulation

Proposed 'Waters' Definition Rule Scales Back Federal Oversight

Pam Radtke Russell

December 16, 2018

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It will take more than a year to finalize a rewrite of the controversial WOTUS, which then faces dozens of lawsuits.

Mary B. Powers

December 12, 2018

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Stats show added risk to groundwater near power plant sites

Trump Administration Issues Proposed 'Waters of the U.S.' Rule

Regulation would replace Obama-era WOTUS rule

Pam Radtke Russell

December 11, 2018

2 Comments

The revised rule, according to the EPA, provides simple and clear definitions of which waters are regulated.

EPA Approves $614M WIFIA Loan for San Diego Project

December 5, 2018

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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has announced a $614-million loan to the City of San Diego for a water purification project.

States Move on PFOA Standards While EPA Lags

Mary B. Powers

September 12, 2018

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States are beginning to act on what one industry expert called this year’s “headline emerging issue” for the environmental sector—the cleanup of fluorinated chemicals in at least 40 states that could affect at least 1,500 drinking water systems.

At Last, EPA WIFIA Program Picks Up the Pace

Tom Ichniowski

August 29, 2018

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After a long, slow warm-up lasting more than three years, the Environmental Protection Agency’s water infrastructure loan program finally is rolling.

Pam Radtke Russell

August 29, 2018

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Under some scenarios, a new Trump administration proposal to reduce carbon emissions from power plants could curtail the construction of new natural gas combined-cycle power plants by as much as 30% and increase the use of existing coal plants by 13%, according to the Environmental Protection Agency’s own regulatory impact analysis on its proposal, the Affordable Clean Energy (ACE) rule.

Environmental Regulation

Court Delivers Mixed Ruling in Coal-Ash Disposal Case

Tom Ichniowski

August 22, 2018

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Decision sorts out dueling environmentalist, industry challenges to 2015 EPA regulation.

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