CONTACT: Enesta Jones jones.enesta@epa.gov 202-564-7873 202-564-4355 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 14, 2010 EPA Launches National Water Conservation Campaign EPA’s WaterSense program helps consumers save money and water WASHINGTON – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) WaterSense program today is kicking off its national “We’re for Water” campaign to encourage Americans to make [...]
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 [...]
CONTACT: Enesta Jones jones.enesta@epa.gov 202-564-7873 202-564-4355 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 8, 2010 EPA Offers Cooling Tips for Every Budget this Summer WASHINGTON – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Energy Star program offers low to no-cost energy-efficient cooling tips to beat the heat. A typical household spends almost 20 percent of its utility bill [...]
NSPE PRESS RELEASE Release: Immediate Contact: Stacey A. Ober 703-684-2815 National Society of Professional Engineers Announces Partnership with ENERGY STAR® ALEXANDRIA, Va. (March 23, 2010) – Members and their clients can now improve the energy efficiency and performance of their facilities and projects, and make a fundamental commitment to protecting the environment, through a new [...]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 18, 2010 EPA Initiates Hydraulic Fracturing Study Agency seeks input from Science Advisory Board WASHINGTON – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that it will conduct a comprehensive research study to investigate the potential adverse impact that hydraulic fracturing may have on water quality and public health. Natural gas [...]
