White House http://1.usa.gov/r0QHoP The Administration strongly opposes H.R 2018 because it would significantly undermine the Clean Water Act (CWA) and could adversely affect public health, the economy, and the environment. Under the CWA, one of the Nation’s most successful and effective environmental laws, the Federal Government acts to ensure safe levels of water quality across … Continue reading »
Posted on July 13, 2011 …
H.R. 2018: Clean Water Cooperative Federalism Act of 2011
112th Congress, 2011-2012 http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=h112-2018 [CRS Summary] Clean Water Cooperative Federalism Act of 2011 – Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) to prohibit the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from: (1) promulgating a revised or new water quality standard for a pollutant when the Administrator has approved a state water quality … Continue reading »
Biofuels: Challenges to the Transportation, Sale, and Use of Intermediate Ethanol Blends
Government Accountability Office http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-11-513 U.S. transportation relies largely on oil for fuel. Biofuels can be an alternative to oil and are produced from renewable sources, like corn. In 2005, Congress created the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS), which requires transportation fuel to contain 36 billion gallons of biofuels by 2022…Use of intermediate blends, such as E15 … Continue reading »
Safe Drinking Water Act: EPA Should Improve Implementation of Requirements on Whether to Regulate Additional Contaminants
Government Accountability Office www.gao.gov/products/GAO-11-254 Under 1996 amendments to the Safe Drinking Water Act, every 5 years the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is to determine for at least five contaminants, such as chemicals, whether regulation is warranted, considering those that present the greatest public health concern. Since 1996, EPA had not recommended any new contaminants for … Continue reading »
Safe Drinking Water Act: Improvements in Implementation Are Needed to Better Assure the Public of Safe Drinking Water
Government Accountability Office http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-11-803T EPA has not effectively implemented the 1996 amendments’ requirement to consider, for regulatory determinations, contaminants that present the greatest public health concern. The contaminant candidate list that the amendments require EPA to develop every 5 years represents one level of prioritization as EPA selects from a larger universe those contaminants the … Continue reading »
