Rural Community Assistance Partnership

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EPA proposes rule to modernize Clean Water Act reporting

Posted Tue, 2013/08/06 - 3:52pm by RCAP

E-reporting initiative will increase efficiency, ease burden for states and improve public access to data

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has proposed a rule that would modernize Clean Water Act (CWA) reporting processes for hundreds of thousands of municipalities, industries, and other facilities by converting to an electronic data reporting system.

NYTimes article describes RCAP's place (without saying it)

Posted Mon, 2013/05/20 - 12:08pm by RCAP

A May 10 article, titled "Why Federal Efforts to Ensure Clean Tap Water Fail to Reach Faucets Nationwide," describes the situations and places where RCAP does its work. The article speaks about small communities in California and the challenges they are having accessing funding and expertise in order to comply with federal regulations set by the Environmental Protection Agency. There are communities like this not only in California but in the other 49 states across the country.

EPA releases state enforcement performance information and comparative maps

Posted Tue, 2013/02/12 - 2:57pm by RCAP

Agency to host webinar demonstrating new data features

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced the release of state dashboards and comparative maps that provide the public with information about the performance of state and EPA enforcement and compliance programs across the country.