Yearly Archives: 2013
EPA releases its Draft FY 2014-18 Strategic Plan
POV
December 3, 2013
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently announced the availability of the Draft FY 2014–2018 EPA Strategic Plan for public review and comment. The agency anticipates the final Strategic Plan will be submitted to Congress in February 2014. The Strategic Plan provides the Agency’s long-term direction and strategies for advancing human health and the […]
USING MOVING CARS TO MEASURE RAINFALL
POV
December 2, 2013
Researchers at University of Hanover in Germany have come up with “Rain cars, an initiative that aims to use GPS-equipped moving cars as devices to measure rainfall. With a lab equipped with rain simulator, the researchers have been able to put their idea to the test. They placed cars with different wiper systems under the […]
Kentucky Chamber Energy Conferece Preview
POV
November 29, 2013
As we highlighted last week, SMG is a significant participant in the upcoming Kentucky Chamber Energy Conference on December 17, 18, 2013. The conference will focus on a number of issues that are in the news or in flux. Josiah Frey of SMG will join Acting Director Peter Goodman of Kentucky’s Division of Water in […]
ASTM Standard for Phase I Environmental Site Assessments Awaits Approval
POV
November 27, 2013
ASTM Standard 1527-13 for Phase I Environmental Site Assessments is now on the streets but it does not have EPA’s stamp of approval quite yet. In August, EPA issued a final rule stating that the soon-to-be-released 1527-13 Standard would be acceptable, alternatively, to the 1527-05 Standard. In reaction to a slew of comments which were […]
KDOW to Develop a Nutrient Reduction Strategy
POV
November 26, 2013
This week, KDOW announced that they are creating a Nutrient Reduction Strategy for the state. Over the next 30 days, they will continue drafting an outline of the strategy. A draft plan will be available in January and formal public comment will take place around April. KDOW sees this plan as a consolidated document that will […]