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Action: 2019 Budget

Smith Enviorment

The pace picked up in the last month as both the House and Senate passed versions of a budget bill (House Bill 966) and then agreed on a final budget. Governor Cooper immediately vetoed the budget bill for reasons unrelated to environmental provisions. This blogpost looks at some of the environmental provisions in the budget.

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Billions Flow to Water Systems from Federal Pandemic Relief Funds

Circle of Blue

It really allows us to do monumental overhauling that we’d have to budget for years to do.”. Water infrastructure improvements like the ones that Iberia Parish Sewerage District No. 1 will make are one of four broad spending categories authorized by the act. To complete the sewer work, the district will receive $5.7

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What’s Up With Water – February 22, 2022

Circle of Blue

He told Circle of Blue “It really allows us to do monumental overhauling that we’d have to budget for years to do.”. The American Rescue Plan Act is the relief bill that President Joe Biden signed into law on March 11 last year. In the last two years it’s been hit by Category 4 hurricanes Laura and Ida.

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Parks & Forests 2022 Thru The Seasons Photo Contest Now Accepting Entries

PA Environment Daily

2022 marks the 50th anniversary of the federal Clean Water Act. In celebration of this milestone and in recognition of the importance of forests for water quality, the theme of this year’s photo contest is Clean Water and Forested Ecosystems. The deadline is September 30.

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Federal Water Tap, May 24: In Congress, Lawmakers Target Water Debt Relief, Drought Response

Circle of Blue

The Office of Management and Budget will look into financial reporting and accounting standards that integrate climate risk. It would require the federal government’s economic agencies to measure the “value and impact” of the blue economy, meaning industries that use the open waters. Clean Water Act Compliance.

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ESA Policy News: May 4, 2023

ESA

The visits came as Congressional appropriations committees are starting work on the FY 2024 budget. The Clean Water Act is a federal law that gives authority to states to protect the nation’s waters. 11, 2022) CNSF – Statement on Passage of the CHIPS and Science Act of 2022 (Aug. Not Everyone Is on Board. –

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The Chemical Compound—May 2021

Arnold Porter

Solicitation for data on the presence and treatment of PFAS in wastewater discharges : On March 17, 2021, EPA published an advance notice of proposed rulemaking seeking information and data regarding discharges of PFAS from industrial facilities in the Organic Chemicals, Plastics, and Synthetic Fibers point source category.[[N: 14560 (Mar.

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