Public Notices & Announcements

Decentralized Wastewater Treatment Systems Conference, Chicago, June 10 – 11, 2009. EPA is hosting this conference to examine statutes, regulations and NPDES general permits covering small discharging wastewater systems, advanced soil-based disposal options, and successful programs that have minimized or prohibited surface discharging onsite treatment systems.
DuPont Agrees to Lower Limit of PFOA in Drinking Water. A new legal agreement between U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. will lower the limit of PFOA (also known as perfluorooctanoic acid or C-8) in drinking water for people who live near DuPont’s Washington Works facility in Parkersburg, W.Va. Under the new order, DuPont will offer connection to a public water system, treatment, or temporary bottled water to people on public or private water systems if the level of PFOA detected in drinking water is equal to or greater than 0.40 parts per billion.

On February 17, 2009, President Obama signed the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery Act). Learn about how the Recovery Act impacts EPA.
EPA proposes to issue an operating permit to O.I.L. Energy Corp. of Traverse City, Mich., to allow it to inject cherry juice processing waste into a deep disposal well. EPA seeks public comments on this proposed decision through March 12, 2009. See Press Release.
EPA has issued a document called a “Proposed Findings of Fact” in connection with the Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indian’s application under the Clean Water Act for authority to establish water quality standards for surface water within its reservation. EPA is expected to rule on the request later this year. Comments on the "proposed findings of fact" are being accepted until Wednesday, March 18, 2009.
NPDES Public Notices, Statements of Basis, and Draft Permits
Underground Injection Control Public Notices, Statements of Basis, and Draft Permits