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BC Compliance Watch: WOTUS

The U.S. Supreme Court issued a ruling in the County of Maui v. Hawaii Wildlife Fund case on April 23. The central question in the case was whether discharges to…

BC Compliance Watch: TRI PFAS Reporting

The EPA issued a pre-publication final rule on May 18 adding 172 per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) to the list of toxic chemicals subject to Toxic Release Inventory (TRI) reporting…

BC Compliance Watch: CWA Section 401 Rule

On July 13, the Federal Register published the final rule modifying Clean Water Act (CWA) Section 401 water quality certification requirements, making it effective immediately. The EPA had published the…

BC Compliance Watch: EPA Multi-Sector General Permit

On June 3, the 2015 EPA Multi-Sector General Permit (MSGP) expired, and the permit was administratively continued for discharges that were covered prior to permit expiration. For new or existing…

BC Compliance Watch: Final “Lead Free” Rule

On July 29, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced a final rule to significantly limit the lead content allowed in plumbing materials in accordance with the Reduction of Lead in…

BC Compliance Watch: Title V Air Permitting

The Office of the Inspector General (OIG), internal watchdog for the EPA, released a report outlining the findings of its recent audit that identified weaknesses in state implementation of the…

BC Compliance Watch: Water Subcabinet

On Oct. 13, President Trump signed an executive order on “Modernizing America’s Water Resource Management and Water Infrastructure.” It formally establishes a Water Subcabinet of senior federal agency officials to…

BC Compliance Watch: FAST-41 for mining

A proposed rule published by the Federal Permitting Improvement Steering Council would add mining as a sector of projects eligible for coverage under Title 41 of the Fixing America’s Surface…

BC Compliance Watch: NPDES permit PFAS recommendation

In November, the EPA announced significant actions to address PFAS (per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances) in the environment. First, the Office of Water issued a memorandum from the PFAS National Pollutant…