Tag: Water Quality Standards
KY Division of Water to Hold Listening Sessions for 2015 Triennial Review
The Clean Water Act requires the Kentucky Division of Water (DOW) to conduct a comprehensive review of the state water quality standards at 401 KAR Chapter 10 every three years. This Triennial Review provides an opportunity for input from all interested parties, including members of the public. As part of the 2015 Triennial Review, DOW […]
EPA's Regulation for Water Quality Standards is Coming
Almost a year and a half ago EPA released its proposed rule for new Water Quality Standards (click here for the announcement). The comment period for the proposed rule closed in January 2014 and last month (January 2015) EPA finally sent the final rule to OMB for regulatory review. We anticipate that the rule will […]
EPA Recognizes Market-Based Nutrient Trading Program
The EPA, the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the White House Council on Environmental Quality recently recognized a market-based nutrient trading program run by the Commonwealth of Virginia. The nutrient trading program works to offset increases in phosphorus loads by creating a market supply and demand for land capture and storage of nutrients. For […]
EPA Rules on Selenium Regulations
On November 15th, the Kentucky Division of Water received notice that the EPA approved part of the proposed water quality standards for selenium put forth in May 2013. The EPA approved Kentucky’s chronic water criteria and the practice of fish tissue sampling to determine compliance. However, Kentucky’s acute water criteria was rejected by the EPA, […]
EPA Rulemaking: Fast and Furious
With all of the buzz surrounding the release of the GHG NSPS Proposed Rule, several water-related pieces of EPA rulemaking have gotten lost. First, on September 4th, EPA released the long-awaited proposed rulemaking on Water Quality Standards. Next, on September 17th, EPA and the US Army Corps of Engineers finally sent to OMB a proposed rule […]