A key Senate committee easily advanced a comprehensive bill that includes 17 bipartisan measures to strengthen the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) forecasting, warning and hazard communication capabilities. Passed… Read More
Environmental Protection Agency
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced a proposed rule on Clean Water Act (CWA) Section 401 to streamline permitting, unleash economic growth and protect the nation’s waterways. Read More
Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Michael S. Regan signed the final action rule September 20 for the Vessel Incidental Discharge National Standards of Performance and submitted it for publication in… Read More
For Ray Bergeron, what started as a summer job during college grew into a career that has spanned more than 60 years. Bergeron, 80, of Trenton, Mich., founded Cable Arm,… Read More
Washington, D.C.—Top leaders in both chambers of Congress insisted they wanted to keep federal agencies funded even as they seemed to be running out of time to avoid a… Read More
Washington, D.C.—The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has issued a final rule to restore the authority granted to states, territories and tribes to protect water resources under the Clean Water… Read More
The Supreme Court released its decision May 25 in one of the most anxiously awaited cases of its entire docket, Sackett v. EPA. The court handed a victory… Read More
A federal judge in North Dakota has blocked the Biden administration’s new definition of “Waters of the United States” (WOTUS) from taking effect in 24 states. Judge Daniel Hovland… Read More
Washington, D.C.—Along with a new, concentrated inspection campaign focused on fire safety on small passenger vessels, the Coast Guard announced some vessels initially certificated prior to 1996 that carry… Read More
On December 30, the Environmental Protection Agency quietly announced that it had issued yet another “final” rule-making that defines “waters of the U.S.” The term has been a political… Read More
