2020 March WestFAST Newsletter March Newsletter (link): FWS: Establishes Procedures on Wetland Easements; BLM: Seeks comment on Red Devil Mine proposed cleanup plan, and Seeks comments on Pumpkin Creek management; NOAA: Launches new approach to accelerate...
2020 February WestFAST Newsletter February Newsletter (link): USDA Invites Input on Regional Conservation Partnership Program Rule; EPA Announces Funding for Infrastructure Projects to Protect Surface Water and Drinking Water in Four Region 7 States; Deadline to...
On January 21, 2020, Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works R.D. James directed the Corps to withdraw the Water Supply Rule (81 FR 91556), published in 2016. In a Corps press release he said: “In coordination with the administration and the intent to have...
2020 January WestFAST Newsletter January Newsletter (link): USDA Invites Input on Agricultural Conservation Easement Program Rule; CEQ Issues Proposed Rule to Modernize its NEPA Regulations; EPA and Army Deliver on President Trump’s Promise to Issue the Navigable...
On December 16, 2019, the WSWC commented on the EPA's notice and request for comments on the proposed National Water Reuse Action Plan (84 FR 48612) posted on September 16, 2019. In 2011, the WSWC completed a report titled “Water Reuse in the West: State Programs...
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