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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.

EPA proposes to reduce toxic pollutants discharged into waterways by power plants

Posted Wed, 2013/04/24 - 12:26pm by RCAP

WASHINGTON (EPA) — In accordance with a consent decree and in line with requirements under the Clean Water Act, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has proposed a range of options to help reduce dangerous pollutants, including mercury, arsenic, lead, and selenium that are released into America’s waterways by coal ash, air pollution control waste and other waste from steam electric power plants. The proposal includes a variety of options for whether and how these different waste streams should be treated.

Opinion: Forty more years of progress on water infrastructure

Posted Tue, 2012/10/23 - 4:23pm by RCAP

From the Associated General Contractors of America:

Forty years ago, the primary federal law in the United States governing water pollution went into effect. The Federal Water Pollution Control Amendments of 1972, known as the Clean Water Act (CWA), became law after the bill was vetoed by President Nixon. In a tradition that continues to this day, the legislation was spurred on by bipartisan support and public opinion.