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…
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Renewed Concerns by ECOS & State Water Groups with H.R. 8
ECOS, ACWA, and ASWM write to express concern with H.R. 8, the North American Energy Security and Infrastructure Act of 2015. If enacted, H.R. would modify requirements with respect to…
ECOS Launches e-MATRIX to Promote Methane Reduction from Oil and Gas
ECOS announces the launch of the ECOS Methane and Air Toxics Reduction Information Exchange (e-MATRIX), a database of best practices employed by states and others. Today’s release coincides with the…
Joint ECOS Astswmo Letter to House Energy and Commerce Committee on Improving Coal Combustion Residuals Regulation Act of 2015
This joint letter (ECOS and ASTSWMO) was written to express support for H.R. 1734, the Improving Coal Combustion Residuals Regulation Act of 2015. While it supports the legislation, it also…
Alex Dunn (ECOS) Testifies on EPA’s 2014 Final Rule: Disposal of Coal Combustion Residuals from Electric Utilities
ECOS supports the U.S. EPA’s determination that coal combustion residuals (CCR) should be regulated as non-hazardous waste under RCRA, but states have concerns with the complexities of the self-implementing program…
Robert Martineau, TN, Gives Statement to Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on Clean Power Plan Compliance
This statement to FERC covers possible state impacts of compliance with EPA’s Proposed Clean Power Plan.
North Carolina Division of Air Quality’s Assistance Project on Facility Pollution Reduction
Description of Initiative: The North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources’ Division of Air Quality (DAQ) received a grant from U.S. EPA in April 2011 that funded a multi-year…
WGA Policy Resolution on Methane Emissions Regulation
Many western state economies depend on oil and natural gas production production for economic development. Western Governors recognize the environmental and and economic benefits to reducing methane emissions and opportunities…
Letter with ASTSWMO to U.S. EPA about CCR Rule Implementation
This joint ECOS ASTSWMO letter addresses concern with an implementation issue regarding the proposed RCRA Subtitle D option. The suggestion is that U.S. EPA, in promulgating a final rule under Subtitle…
2013 State Innovations Report
State-developed initiatives are solving pressing challenges, both in protecting human health and the environment and in enhancing operations within agencies themselves. From incorporating new technologies in data tracking and permitting…
