EPA REAFFIRMS CLEAN WATER PERMITS NOT NEEDED FOR WATER TRANSFERS

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  June 9, 2008 ;     516 words ......Benjamin H. Grumbles. "Clean water permits should focus...plans." Thousands of water transfers currently in place...is needed under the Clean Water Act's National Pollutant...final rule defines water transfers as an activity that...authorities to address water ...

EPA RULE CLARIFIES PERMITS NOT NEEDED FOR WATER TRANSFERS

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  June 1, 2006 ;     319 words ......and this rule keeps the Clean Water Act focused on water...allocation." Thousands of water transfers currently in place across...permit is needed under the Clean Water Act's National Pollutant...permits were necessary for water transfers went before the ...

USEPA Affirms Water Transfers Not Require NPDES

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  June 9, 2008 ;     371 words ......water from one waterbody to another do not require Clean Water Act discharge permits. The Water Transfer Rule (http...Water_Transfer_Comments_July_2006.pdf) that subjecting water transfers to the NPDES program would "have an impact that ...

EPA Won't Regulate Water Transfers

AP Online;  June 1, 2006 ;   JOHN HEILPRIN, Associated Press Writer;   378 words ......said Thursday it will not regulate transfers of water from one place to another _ no matter how polluted the water is at the start. The EPA proposal would let water transfer authorities, corporate farmers and other businesses skip having to obtain a Clean Water Act permit in certain cases. ...

EPA ANNOUNCES FINAL WATER TRANSFERS RULE

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  June 9, 2008 ;     160 words ......announcing a final rule to clarify whether Clean Water Act permits are required for transfers...whether such permits are necessary for water transfers has been raised. EPA proposed a rule...conference to discuss the final rule on water transfers. WHEN: Monday, June 9, 2008 - 10:45...

Clean Water Action Releases Congressional Scorecard; Names 'Filty Fifty',...

U.S. Newswire;  October 17, 1996 ;     787 words ...WASHINGTON, Oct. 17 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Clean Water Action (CWA), a national citizens' environmental...regional offices, today released its "Clean Water Report Card" for the 104th Congress...precedes by a day the anniversary of the Clean Water Act, signed into law on October 18...

Pelosi: Republican Interior Appropriations Bill Turns Back the Clock on...

U.S. Newswire;  May 20, 2005 ;     439 words ......Appropriations, which cuts funding for critical clean water initiatives. "The fiscal year 2006 Interior...Conservation Fund. Among them all, the cuts in clean water funding stand out as a prime example...more essential to human health than clean water. If we follow down the path the ...

HEALTH-VIETNAM: CLEAN WATER PROJECT COMES JUST IN TIME...

Inter Press Service English News Wire;  July 11, 2001 ;   Tran Dinh Thanh Lam;   787 words ......VAN CHAN, Vietnam, Jul. 11 (IPS) -- Clean water is finally being in piped in to remote...pleased to no end. "Oh, water. Pure and clean water right in my house," exclaims Lanh as...government project aimed at providing clean water in remote regions of the country finally...

Clean Water Network Calls on Government to Enforce Clean Water Act

U.S. Newswire;  December 9, 1996 ;     510 words ......Dec. 9 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The following was released today by the Clean Water Network: Kicking off a nationwide campaign to strengthen the Clean Water Act, the Clean Water Network today called for a renewed commitment to attaining the act...

Report highlights clean water crisis.(NEWSLINE: The Latest Industry...

Underground Construction;  December 1, 2007 ;     416 words ...Nearly 35 years after the passage of the Clean Water Act, the majority of states are facing clean water infrastructure needs far greater than...may lead to a public health crisis. The Clean Water Act has served us well for 35 years...

BOEHLERT: CLEAN WATER IS A BIPARTISAN ISSUE

Capitol Hill Press Releases;  February 9, 2000 ;     300 words ......IMMEDIATE RELEASE FEBRUARY 9, 2000 BOEHLERT: CLEAN WATER IS A BIPARTISAN ISSUE WASHINGTON, DC...budget proposal for short- changing vital clean water initiatives across the nation. Boehlert...significantly reduces expenditures for clean water initiatives from $1.35 billion this...

In focus: federal leaders give cities 'silent treatment' on clean water...

Nation's Cities Weekly;  March 30, 1992 ;   Kocheisen, Carol;   603 words ......hundreds of billions of dollars of federal Clean Water Act mandates between now and the end...prompt reauthorization of the nation's clean water laws. Or else, it is time for them to...budget would not include funding for Clean Water. The current $2.5 billion being proposed...

CLEAN WATER RESTORATION ACT:DARRELL GERBER

Congressional Testimony;  April 16, 2008 ;     787 words ......Darrell Gerber Program Coordinator Clean Water Action Alliance of Minnesota Committee...Infrastructure April 16, 2008 On behalf of Clean Water Action, I am pleased to offer our comments on the Clean Water Restoration Act. I am the Program Coordinator...

CLEAN WATER ACT AT 35:CHRISTOPHER M. WESTHOFF

Congressional Testimony;  October 18, 2007 ;     787 words ......Westhoff President National Association of Clean Water Agencies (NACWA) Committee on House...President of the National Association of Clean Water Agencies (NACWA). NACWA is the only...who work to carry out the goals of the Clean Water Act and who treat and reclaim more than...

Clean Water Action Celebrates Clean Water Act Anniversary

U.S. Newswire;  October 15, 1996 ;     654 words ......The following was released today by Clean Water Action: Friday, Oct. 18, marks the 24th anniversary of the passing of the Clean Water Act. One of the nation's most successful and popular laws, the Clean Water Act has been strengthened several...