On April 2, ECOS Members had a call with Doug Benevento and Susan Bodine to discuss the recent memorandum on enforcement discretion and its application. ECOS members wrote this letter…
Letters
ECOS Letter to EPA on Enforcement Discretion
ECOS Letter Addressing Emergency Funding for COVID-19 Response
On March 30, 2020, ECOS sent a letter to the leadership of the U.S. House and Senate Appropriations Committees, Subcommittees for Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies. The letter touted the…
ECOS & ASDWA Letter on National Emerging Contaminants Research Initiative
This ECOS-ASDWA joint letter to the Office of Science and Technology Policy expresses state environmental and health agency interest in engaging in the Office’s National Emerging Contaminants Research Initiative.
Letter to U.S. EPA on Proposed Lead and Copper Rule Revisions
ECOS submitted a letter to U.S. EPA commenting on the Proposed Lead and Copper Rule Revisions.
ECOS, ACWA, & ASDWA Joint Letter on Adding PFAS to TRI
ECOS, ACWA, and ASDWA commented on the U.S. EPA’s Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on the addition of certain PFAS to the Toxic Release Inventory (TRI).
Letter to U.S. EPA on Proposed Lead and Copper Rule Revisions Comment Period
ECOS submitted a letter to U.S. EPA requesting an extension of the comment period on the Proposed Lead and Copper Rule Revisions.
ECOS Letter to U.S. EPA on CWA Section 401 Proposed Rule
ECOS sent a letter to U.S. EPA asking the agency to include considerations of state regulations in the criteria for federal agencies establishing what constitutes a “reasonable period of time”…
ECOS Letter to U.S. EPA on State-Federal Cooperation
On September 26, following the ECOS 2019 Fall Meeting in Seattle, WA, ECOS sent the following letter to U.S. EPA Administrator Wheeler about the importance of state-federal cooperation.
ECOS Comments on U.S. EPA’s OECA Policy for Enhancing Federal-State Planning and Communication
This letter details ECOS’ comments on the U.S. EPA Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance’s (OECA) April 2019 draft policy on “Enhancing Planning and Communication Between the EPA and the…