EPN Articles Related To Water
Environmental Protection Network Applauds Revisions to Lead and Copper Rule Improvements
EPN Expresses Concerns Over ACOE Plan for Yazoo Backwater Area
Environmental Protection Network Welcomes EPA Power Plant Standards
EPN Sends Letter to Congressional Committees on PFAS Exemptions from CERCLA
Environmental Protection Network is Encouraged by EPA’s Restrictions on PFAS in Drinking Water and Urges Continued Focus on Polluters
EPN Comments on National Primary Drinking Water Regulations for Lead and Copper: Improvements
EPN Provides Oral Comments on EPA’s Proposed Lead and Copper Rule Improvements
EPN Comments on CWA Section 402 NPDES Permitting Guidance
Former EPA Director of Science and Technology Responds to Proposed LCR Improvements
EPN IN THE NEWS RELATED TO Water
How the Election Could Affect Toxic Chemical Regulation
Betsy Southerland, former Director, Science and Technology, EPA Office of Water, and Jennifer Orme-Zavaleta, former Acting Assistant Administrator, EPA Office of Research and Development, were quoted in Undark about how toxic chemicals like PFAS would be regulated under a Trump administration versus Harris.
Observers See New Burdens From Possible High Court Deal On CWA Permits
Betsy Southerland, former Director, Science and Technology, EPA Office of Water, was quoted in Inside EPA about the impacts of requiring narrative conditions, the topic of the ongoing Supreme Court case City and County of San Francisco v. EPA, et al.
The U.S. Must Replace Its Lead Pipes, According to New EPA Rule
Betsy Southerland, former Director, Science and Technology, Office of Water, was quoted on NPR’s All Things Considered about EPA’s new rule requiring all lead pipes to be replaced within the next ten years and the time crunch EPA was in to replace a Trump era rule.
EPA’s Drinking Water Limits for PFAS Are Under Threat – and That’s Nothing New
Elin Betanzo, former Environmental Engineer, Office of Ground Water and Drinking Water, and Ronnie Levin, former Senior Scientist, EPA Region 1, were quoted in The Guardian about lawsuits backed by the utility industry against EPA and its recent PFAS drinking water standards. The utilities allege that EPA did not use adequate science and data when writing the rule.