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FOG Compliance for Louisiana POTWs: Managing Restaurant and Auto Shop Grease Under LPDES
FOG Compliance for Louisiana POTWs: Managing Restaurant and Auto Shop Grease Under LPDES Not every industrial user in Louisiana’s Industrial Corridor is a refinery or a chemical plant. Alongside the heavy industrial dischargers covered under LPDES pretreatment permits, POTWs also oversee a very different, and far more numerous, category: restaurants and auto repair shops that…
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Arkansas’s Dual Regulatory Structure: A Utility’s Guide to Managing ADH and DEQ Compliance
Arkansas’s Dual Regulatory Structure: A Utility’s Guide to Managing ADH and DEQ Compliance In most states, a water utility answers to a single environmental regulator. In Arkansas, that is not the case. Utilities managing both drinking water and wastewater compliance have to interact with two separate state agencies and navigate two distinct bureaucratic processes, and…
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Perchlorate Rears Its Head Again
Perchlorate Rears Its Head Again On January 6, 2026, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published a proposed National Primary Drinking Water Regulation (NPDWR) for Perchlorate (91 FR 398). EPA had previously made a regulatory determination to regulate perchlorate in drinking water (76 FR 7762, February 11, 2011) and subsequently withdrew the determination (85 FR…
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EPA Issues Two New PFAS Proposals
EPA Issues Two New PFAS Proposals On May 20, 2026, the Environmental Protection Agency published two proposed rules related to per- and poly- fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). The rulemakings are Federal Register :: Rescission of Regulatory Determinations and Removal of Related Provisions for Four PFAS Substances (PFHxS, PFNA, HFPO-DA (GenX), and the Mixture of These Three…
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EPA Microbial & Disinfection Byproducts Rule Update: Key Changes and Timeline
EPA Microbial & Disinfection Byproducts Rule Update: Key Changes and Timeline The Microbial and Disinfection Byproducts (MDBP) rules are a critical part of the United States drinking water regulatory framework. These rules aim to balance two key public health priorities: Eliminating harmful microbial pathogens Minimizing potentially harmful disinfection byproducts (DBPs) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency…