Tag: regulations
Insights from Washington - Part 3
This is the third in a three part series on Scott’s trip to Washington D.C. The proposed REINS Act needs to be ratified to provide Congressional oversight to Administrative Branch regulations. As a former Administrative Branch Senior Manager, it’s difficult for me to embrace this concept except for the flood of poorly crafted ideas that […]
Insights from Washington—Part 2
As part of my update from my D.C. trip, I promised to provide insights from my meetings. During my visit, there was predictably a lot of talk surrounding the economy. Here are some brief nuggets of information I received on the economy and jobs: There is a “new normal” explanation regarding where the US economy […]
State Proposes Wastewater Lab Certification Regulation
The Kentucky Division of Water has proposed wastewater lab certification regulations which will impact anyone collecting or analyzing samples for their KPDES permitted outfalls. Proposed wastewater lab certification regulation moves through first legislative committee review Posted on July 10, 2013 by KYDEP Technical amendments approved On July 9, the Administrative Regulation Review Subcommittee (ARRS) of the Legislative […]
EPA's Semiannual Regulatory Agenda
EPA announced its semiannual regulatory agenda on July 3rd, 2013. Here are some items of note that appeared in the announcement. I’ve also included the dates, if known, that EPA will consider these items: 10/2013: EPA will complete its review of the impact to small entities of CAFO permits. This looks to be positive for small […]
What is a Laboratory in Kentucky and Who has to be Certified?
Kentucky’s environmental regulators have presented their final regulations describing the laboratory certification program developed over the past year. These regulations are not yet scheduled to pass through final approval and legislative oversight. As with any birthing process, there will be people who are happy with this regulation and those who want changes. No matter what […]