On Jan. 15, the EPA issued the 2021 National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Multi-Sector General Permit (MSGP). Though the finalized MSGP should take effect in March, the Biden administration…
In the latest federal action on PFAS, the EPA published announcement of final regulatory determinations for eight contaminants on the fourth drinking water Contaminant Candidate List. The determinations are effective…
On March 15, 2021, 16 Nationwide Permits (NWPs) that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers had issued in January went into effect. The Corps had published a final rule announcing…
The Environmental Protection Agency issued a notice on March 11 that it will require a number of water systems to sample for a list of PFAS compounds and lithium in…
On May 19, 2021, the EPA updated its Drinking Water Treatability Database with new PFAS (per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances) references and treatments. The database, which has information on contaminants and…
On May 10, 2021, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) confirmed that it will comply with a ruling issued earlier this year to re-initiate a mining environmental review to reduce…
The U.S. EPA recently published a final rule approving 17 additional methods to analyze drinking water samples in compliance with the Safe Drinking Water Act (Federal Register, Vol.86, No. 100,…
The EPA has delayed the Effective and Compliance Dates of the National Primary Drinking Water Regulations: Lead and Copper Rule Revisions (LCRR). The agency made the announcement in a final…
On Nov. 22, 2021, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) published a notice in the Federal Register announcing the beginning of the scoping process to solicit public comments to address…