The U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit issued an order August 24 transferring the challenge to the small municipal separate storm sewer system (MS4) permit for New Hampshire to the D.C. Circuit, where a suit regarding the MS4 permit for Massachusetts is already pending.

As parts of Texas and Louisiana continue the recovery process from Hurricane Harvey and its related flooding, NACWA’s thoughts and the support of the entire Association are with all the impacted communities – especially those NACWA member utilities that have been affected.

The Trump Administration has officially announced David Ross as its nominee to be Assistant Administrator for Water.

After almost a month away from Washington, DC, members of Congress returned to Capitol Hill today with a full agenda. Even before the devastation of Hurricane Harvey, Congress faced a packed September schedule.

NACWA sent comments to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on August 31 asking the Agency to increase the required 2018 volume of cellulosic and advanced biofuels for the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) program.

Registration is now open for the Utility Leaders’ Morning at WEFEC17. Cohosted by the Water Environment Federation (WEF) and NACWA and scheduled for October 3 from 7:30 – 10:30, the event is an excellent opportunity for utilities leaders attending WEFTEC to dialogue with each other and learn about some of the most relevant policy updates impacting clean water utilities.

Susan Bodine, the nominee to head EPA’s enforcement office, is now working as an advisor at EPA on enforcement issues pending Senate confirmation.

Register now for a webinar on September 25 from 1:00 – 2:30 PM ET focused on community service projects being spearheaded by public clean water utilities around the country.

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a new tool August 23, aimed at assisting states, territories and authorized tribes in developing water quality standards (WQS) variances.

On Wednesday, September 13, from 2:00-3:30 ET, NACWA will host the next installment of its popular Hot Topics in Clean Water Law webinar series.

In separate actions in the August 28 Federal Register, EPA announced a series of teleconference meetings to gather input on the development of its new definition of Waters of the United States (WOTUS) and published its Methods Update Rule, which had been held up by the administration change.

NACWA is pleased to be partnering with Dodge Data & Analytics on a groundbreaking study that will provide a needed baseline on the use of Building Information Modeling (BIM) in the water and wastewater sector, and we encourage you to consider participating.