Category: Legal Corner

  • The Need To Take Measures To Protect Against Power Outages In Your Water System

    It is not breaking news we are living in an increasingly dangerous world. The daily news cycle is loaded with dangers caused by nature, and dangers of the man-made variety. No one seems to be immune from the dangers, including public water systems. In this article I will be focusing on a man-made danger, and…

  • EPA proposes PFAS MCLs appearing in Federal Register today

    The proposal for the PFAS MCLs appeared in today’s Federal Register for a 60-day comment period.  Comments due on or before May 30, 2023.  The notice can be found under Supporting Materials on our webpage at https://www.epa.gov/sdwa/and-polyfluoroalkyl-substances-pfas Background: On March 14, 2023, EPA announced the proposed National Primary Drinking Water Regulation (NPDWR) for six PFAS including…

  • EPA Announces Proposal to Improve Public Awareness of Drinking Water Quality

    EPA announced a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that would strengthen the Consumer Confidence Report (CCR) Rule making annual drinking water quality reports with important public health information more accessible to residents and businesses across the country. A Consumer Confidence Report, sometimes called an “Annual Drinking Water Quality Report,” summarizes information about the local drinking water for…

  • Environmental Quality Board – National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Schedules of Compliance (Final Regulation 7-563)

    Environmental Quality Board – National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Schedules of Compliance (Final Regulation 7-563) The Environmental Quality Board (Board) recently submitted a final-form regulation titled “National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Schedules of Compliance.”  You can obtain a copy of the final-form regulation from IRRC’s website – http://www.irrc.state.pa.us/regulations/RegSrchRslts.cfm?ID=3338.It is on the agenda for the public…

  • PUC Recognizes 2023 ‘Fix a Leak Week’

    PUC Recognizes 2023 ‘Fix a Leak Week’ Published on 3/16/2023 Filed under: Water and Wastewater HARRISBURG – The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC) today highlighted the importance of water, including its safety, efficiency and conservation efforts in conjunction with National “Fix a Leak Week,” which is March 20-26, 2023. The annual Fix a Leak campaign challenges households across…

  • Co-sponsorship Memo – Low-Income Household Water Assistance Program

    Senate of PennsylvaniaSession of 2023 – 2024 Regular Session MEMORANDUM Posted: March 15, 2023 02:21 PM From: Senator Lisa M. Boscola and Sen. Frank A. Farry To: All Senate members Subject: Low-Income Household Water Assistance Program In the near future, we intend to introduce legislation that would create a permanent Low-Income Household Water Assistance Program (LIHWAP) in…

  • Biden-Harris Administration Proposes First-Ever National Standard to Protect Communities from PFAS in Drinking Water

    Biden-Harris Administration Proposes First-Ever National Standard to Protect Communities from PFAS in Drinking Water March 14, 2023 Contact Information EPA Press Office ([email protected]) WASHINGTON – Today, the Biden-Harris Administration announced it is proposing the first-ever national drinking water standard for six per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in the latest action under President Biden’s plan to combat PFAS…

  • US EPA proposes PFAS MCLs today

    See https://www.epa.gov/sdwa/and-polyfluoroalkyl-substances-pfas There is a pre-publication version on this webpage along with a table of the proposed MCL values. On March 14, 2023, EPA announced the proposed National Primary Drinking Water Regulation (NPDWR) for six PFAS including perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA), perfluorooctane sulfonic acid (PFOS), perfluorononanoic acid (PFNA), hexafluoropropylene oxide dimer acid (HFPO-DA, commonly known as GenX…

  • Important Information…RULES AND REGULATIONS Title 25—ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY BOARD [ 25 PA. CODE CH. 109 ] Safe Drinking Water PFAS MCL Rule; Correction

    Source: Pennsylvania Bulletin, 2/18/2023 RULES AND REGULATIONS Title 25—ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY BOARD [ 25 PA. CODE CH. 109 ] Safe Drinking Water PFAS MCL Rule; Correction [53 Pa. B. 943][Saturday, February 18, 2023]  An error occurred in the final-form rulemaking published at 53 Pa. B. 333 (January 14, 2023). Ellipses were inadvertently omitted in § 109.1003(b)(5)(i)—(v) (relating…

  • EPA seeks input–Sixth Contaminant Candidate List (CCL 6)

    The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is requesting nominations for chemicals, microbes, or other substances that are not currently regulated in drinking water for the Sixth Contaminant Candidate List (CCL 6). EPA uses the CCL to identify priority contaminants for future regulatory decision making (i.e., Regulatory Determination Process) and information collection (e.g., Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring…