Funding for National Priorities Water Research/FY19: Water Sector Organizations' Letter to Congress
A number of water sector organizations jointly authored a letter to the Chairwomen and Ranking Members of the Senate and House Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment and Related Agencies addressing funding for national priorities water research. The organizations submitting the letter…
Lead in Minnesota Water: February 2019 Minnesota Department of Health Report
The Minnesota Department of Health (“MDOH”) issued a February 2019 report titled: Lead in Minnesota Water – Assessment of Eliminating Lead in Minnesota Drinking Water (“Report”) The Report is described as an assessment of the scope of the Minnesota lead problem by examining the extent of lead…
Sulfur Dioxide National Ambient Air Quality Standards/Clean Air Act: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Approval of Independence County, Arkansas, to Attainment/Unclassifiable
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) in a March 13th Federal Register Notice announced the reclassification of the Independence County, Arkansas, unclassifiable area for the 2010 sulfur dioxide (“SO2) National Ambient Air Quality Standard (“NAAQS”) to attainment/unclassifiable…
2018 Electric Generating Capacity (United States): U.S. Environmental Information Administration Notes Role of Natural Gas
The United States Energy Information Administration (“EIA”) published a March 11th report addressing 2018 electric generator inventory of utility-scale generation. The EIA states that utility-scale additions in 2018 in the United States primarily consisted of: 62% Natural Gas (90% of the added…
Arkansas Pollution Control and Ecology Commission – March Meeting Canceled
The Arkansas Pollution Control and Ecology Commission (“Commission”) is the environmental policymaking body for Arkansas. The Commission, with certain exceptions, meets on a monthly basis. The March meeting has been canceled. The next meeting is scheduled for April 26, 2019.