Sentences with phrase «federal water regulators»
However, budgets for state and federal water regulators have decreased.
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A scheduled vote today by the Public Authorities Control Board on a controversial plan to move $ 511 million in clean water funds to the Tappan Zee Bridge replacement project is being closely watched by federal regulators and lawmakers across the state.
Last month, state and federal regulators warned residents not to use the water in the Rensselaer County community and the Department of Environmental Conservation has moved to make it a state Superfund site.
The Cuomo administration resisted sounding a public alarm even though federal regulators warned senior health department officials that people in Hoosick Falls should be alerted they were drinking water that contained dangerous levels of a chemical linked to cancer and other serious health problems, according to documents recently obtained by POLITICO New York through a Freedom of Information Request.
As POLITICO New York reported in June, the Cuomo administration resisted sounding a public alarm over the water pollution crisis in Hoosick Falls, even though federal regulators warned senior DOH officials that residents of the town should be alerted that they were drinking water that contained dangerous levels of PFOA, a chemical that has been linked to cancer and other serious health problems.
On Wednesday, Cuomo also repeated his claims that his administration was aggressive in its response to Hoosick Falls, despite evidence the state health department aggressively pushed back on federal regulators who wanted to sound an alarm about the municipal water pollution.
President Donald Trump took aim Tuesday at a rule that outlines the reach of the Clean Water Act, saying the rule was a «massive power grab» by federal regulators.
There are a number of questions state, local and federal regulators have yet to answer on the water crisis.
Why did state health officials consistently say it was safe to drink the water in Hoosick Falls because it contained fewer than 50,000 parts per trillion of PFOA when federal regulators cautioned 400 parts per trillion was the recommended safety level?
Regulators say redundant layers of protection usually prevent waste from getting that far, but EPA data shows that in the three years analyzed by ProPublica, more than 7,500 well test failures involved what federal water protection regulations describe as «fluid migration» and «significant leaks.»
Before 2009, federal regulators did not require water bottlers to remove E. coli.
Should I wait to refinanceThere is so much hype about Mel Watts being the new regulator of Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) and the potential of him promoting a new HARP 3 program that many homeowners who are under water and should be refinancing today are getting caught up thinking that HARP 3 will somehow get them a lower payment than the current HARP 2 program.
«It's utterly baffling that fracking has occurred in state and federal waters without regulators being aware,» said Stefanie Sekich - Quinn, policy manager for the Surfrider Foundation.
The legislation would give states the opportunity to become the primary regulators of hemp, allow hemp researchers to apply for competitive federal grants from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, ensure growers in the West can access water, and make hemp farmers eligible to apply for crop insurance.
«A proposal for the first oil and gas drilling in federal offshore waters of the Arctic took a step forward Thursday as regulators released a draft environmental impact statement, which reflects concerns about the effects of the project on marine life and local communities.»
In litigating to hold Clean Water Act regulators accountable to the courts for their decisions about whether private property is subject to strict federal regulation, this case follows up on PLF's previous Sackett v. EPA decision.
Enacted in 1987, the Clean Water Act continues to be a source of confusion for both regulators and those subject to regulation — and just what land should fall under federal, as opposed to state or local, permitting authority.