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2012 Draft National Water Program Strategy: Response to Climate Change open for public comment

Posted Fri, 2012/04/06 - 4:00pm by RCAP

EPA has released the draft “National Water Program 2012 Strategy: Response to Climate Change,” which describes how EPA’s water-related programs plan to address the impacts of climate change and provides long-term visions, goals and strategic actions for the management of sustainable water resources for future generations.

EPA solicits public comment on permit to reduce stormwater discharges from construction sites

Posted Wed, 2011/04/20 - 10:42am by RCAP

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is releasing for public comment a draft permit that will help improve our nation’s waterways by regulating the discharge of stormwater from construction sites. Stormwater discharges during construction activities can contain sediment and pollutants that harm aquatic ecosystems, increase drinking water treatment costs and pollute waters that people use for fishing, swimming and other recreational activities.

EPA seeks public comment on plan to review regulations

Posted Tue, 2011/02/22 - 12:02pm by RCAP

WASHINGTON (EPA) — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is inviting the public to provide input on a plan that will guide EPA’s retrospective reviews of regulations as part of the agency’s response to President Obama’s Jan. 18, 2011, Executive Order (EO) 13563, “Improving Regulation and Regulatory Review.”