FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 12, 2010 ***MEDIA ADVISORY*** Civil Engineers to Host 140th Annual National Conference in Las Vegas Who & What: The American Society of Civil Engineers’ (ASCE) 140th Annual Civil Engineering Conference. When: October 21-23, 2010—please visit http://www.asceannualconference.org for a full schedule of events. Where: Bally’s Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas Why: The theme [...]
EPA National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) News 1. Open for Comment: Proposed Sufficiently Sensitive Methods Rulemaking EPA is proposing minor amendments to the CWA regulations to codify that under the NPDES program, only ?sufficiently sensitive? analytical test methods can be used when completing an NPDES permit application and when performing sampling and analysis pursuant [...]
NPDES News – June 16, 2010 Registration Open for Listening Sessions and Webcast on Sanitary Sewer Overflow (SSO) Rulemaking and Peak Flows On May 26, 2010, the Assistant Administrator for the Office of Water, Peter Silva, signed a Federal Register Notice seeking stakeholder input to help EPA determine whether to modify the National Pollutant Discharge [...]
ASCE PRESS RELEASE Media Contact(s): Leikny Johnson, 703-295-6413, ljohnson@asce.org Wednesday, May 19, 2010 National Concrete Canoe Competition Paddles to San Luis Obispo Reston, Va.—When you think of college sports, canoeing isn’t typically one of the first events that come to mind, let along concrete canoeing. But for more than two decades, civil engineering students from [...]
American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC) NEWS RELEASE January 11, 2010 Contact: Alan D. Crockett, 202-682-4301; Cell: 443-995-6364; acrockett@acec.org “Qualifications” Tops “Lowest Bid” in Providing Better Cost, Better Quality Construction Design, Nationwide Study Shows WASHINGTON, D.C. — A landmark university study confirms that federal and state agencies achieve lower construction costs, more efficient use of taxpayer [...]
CONTACTS: Enesta Jones (Media Inquiries Only) jones.enesta@epa.gov 202-564-7873 202-564-4355 Lina Younes (Public Inquiries Only) younes.lina@epa.gov 202-564-9924 202-564-4355 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 1, 2010 EPA’s Budget Proposal Seeks Efficiencies, Increased Environmental Protection Budget proposal aligned with Administrator Jackson’s key priorities WASHINGTON – The Obama Administration today proposed a budget of $10 billion for [...]
