EPA withdrew a 2011 determination to regulate perchlorate in accordance with the SDWA based on its determination that perchlorate does not occur "with a frequency and at levels of public health concern" within the meaning of the SDWA and based on the Administrator's judgment that regulation of perchlorate does not present a "meaningful opportunity for health risk reduction for persons served by public water systems."
EPA announced approval of Tennessee's request to revise its EPA-authorized program under the National Primary Drinking Water Regulations Implementation to allow electronic reporting.
EPA tentatively approved a revision to Michigan's public water system supervision program under the SDWA by adopting the Revised Total Coliform Rule.
EPA announced its proposed approval of revisions to Montana's public water system supervision program that establish administrative penalty authority under the state's drinking water program.
EPA entered into a proposed settlement agreement under the SDWA addressing claims regarding the Agency's obligations to develop new and revised National Primary Drinking Water Regulations.
EPA proposed to approve Wyoming's underground injection control program revision application under the SDWA to include Class VI injection well primary implementation and enforcement authority.
Drinking water contamination in Flint, Michigan, has garnered much-needed nationwide attention, but such contamination is neither isolated, nor a primarily urban problem. A hidden water crisis is straining thousands of smaller communities that share Flint’s risk factors—shrinking populations, social marginalization, and deficient funds. This Article posits that the Safe Drinking Water Act’s increasingly decentralized monitoring and funding scheme has drained communities of the capacity to deliver safe water.
EPA announced the availability of and seeks comment on the preliminary regulatory determinations and supporting rationale for eight of the 109 contaminants listed on the fourth contaminant candidate list, determining to regulate perfluorooctanesulfonic acid and perfluorooctanic acid and to not regulate 1,1-dichloroethane, acetochlor, methyl bromide, metolachlor, nitrobenzene, and royal demolition explosive.
EPA announced that it intends to approve revisions to Alabama’s public water system supervision program.
EPA announced its approval of and seeks comment on revisions to Missouri's public water supply supervision program.