While Mr. Regan was questioned on many topics during his hearing, his statements supported two key points we have been predicting for several months: (1) that Biden’s EPA will place top priority on PFAS and (2) that the EPA’s PFAS regulations under the Safe Drinking Water Act are coming – soon.
New Jersey Residents, Officials Reach Settlement In Years-Long Lead Contamination Litigation
After years of litigation, representatives for the State of New Jersey and for residents of Newark have agreed on terms to remediate lead contamination of the city’s drinking water.
“Officials from the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) reached an agreement with the Natural Resources Defense Council and the Newark Education Workers Caucus, which sued city and state officials in June 2018 for ongoing violations of the federal Safe Drinking Water Act, including their failure to address the lead crisis on a timely basis,” CNN reported.
The City of Newark was sued over dangerously high levels of lead found in tap water in 2018, with some homes testing as high as 12-times the federal danger level. In 2019, the U.S. EPA sent a letter to Newark officials warning them about the issue and prompting state and federal commitments to fix the problem.
Virginia House advances legislation recognizing water as human right Virginia General Assembly Building (Source: WHSV) By David Tran | Capital News Service | February 5, 2021 at 6:08 PM EST - Updated February 5 at 9:55 PM
RICHMOND,Va. The city of Petersburg made headlines last year when the city disconnected water service to non-paying residents preceding the COVID-19 pandemic.
Del. Lashrecse D. Aird, D-Petersburg, criticized the city’s action as “inhumane” and the dispute reached Virginia Health Commissioner M. Norman Oliver, who in a letter ordered the city to restore service to 150 residences that still didn’t have water last May.
Aird introduced House Joint Resolution 538 to ensure no person in the commonwealth is denied access to water. The measure recognizes the access to clean, affordable water as a human right.
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