The Nebraska Department of Environmental Quality (NDEQ) and Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) on July 6 announced a Memorandum of Agreement to improve coordination of Safe Drinking…
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Nebraska Provides Environmental Guidance for Storm Recovery, Flooding
The Nebraska Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) offers via its website useful Environmental Guidance for Storm Recovery and Flooding. The toolkit provides succinct advice and a bevy of external links to…
Nebraska’s Online Permitting Programs
Nebraska Governor Pete Rickett’s challenge to state agencies to better utilize information technology to improve effectiveness of state government and improve responsiveness to constituents prompted the Nebraska Department of Environmental…
9-12 Summary of State Responses to SCOTUS Clean Power Plan Stay
This document is a summary of State responses to Clean Power Plan (CPP) Stay (as of 9/12/16). *Alaska, Vermont, and Hawaii, as well as the D.C., are exempt from the…
Nebraska Governor Commends DEQ for Customer-Friendly Practices
The Nebraska Department of Environmental Quality (NDEQ) last week received praise from Governor Pete Ricketts for its work in offering online permitting to customers. In his weekly column, Ricketts commended…
Twenty States Request SCOTUS Stay of the Mercury and Air Toxics Standards
On February 22, 20 states – AL, AK, AZ, AR, ID, IA, KS, KY, MI, MS, MO, NE, ND, OH, OK, SC, TX, UT, WV and WY – filed a…
Nebraska Energy Conservation at Publicly Owned Wastewater Treatment Plants
Description of Initiative: The Nebraska Department of Environmental Quality (NDEQ) is partnering with the University of Nebraska – Lincoln (UNL) Bioengineering Department’s Partners in Pollution Prevention Program (P3) to provide…
Nebraska’s Assessing Wastewater Infrastructure Needs (AWIN)
Description of Initiative: Nebraska has many communities with declining populations. This decline can create problems for communities to fund projects or maintain wastewater facilities. Based on these observations, Nebraska determined…
Nebraska’s Environmental Partnership
Description of Initiative: The Nebraska Department of Environmental Quality (NDEQ) and Nebraska Public Power District (NPPD) entered into the Environmental Partnership Agreement with the goal of sharing ideas and working…
Nebraska Energy Conservation at Publicly Owned Wastewater Treatment Plants
The Nebraska Department of Environmental Quality (NDEQ) is partnering with the University of Nebraska – Lincoln (UNL) Bioengineering Department’s Partners in Pollution Prevention Program (P3) to provide energy assessments at…
