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Office of Congressional and Intergovernmental Relations
Water, Pesticides and Toxics Team
Week of April 3, 2017
HOT ISSUES:
WIIN/WRDA (Matt)
1-4, dioxane in drinking water and under TSCA (Matt/Sven)
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TSCA reform implementation (Sven)
Lead in drinking water (Matt)
WIFIA implementation (Matt)
Waters of the U.S., Executive Order, litigation, & replacement rulemaking (Denis)
Bristol Bay/Pebble Mine (Denis)
National Estuary Program (Denis)
Integrated planning (Kevin)
MEETINGS/BRIEFINGS/ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Mar 30 - Congressional Estuary Caucus staff briefing on estuary management and research w/OW,
NOAA/OHC & OCM, and DOI/FWS (Denis)
Mar 30 - Notification of chlorpyrifos petition denial w/OCSPP (Sven)
Mar 30 - Notification of TSCA Reform mercury report w/OCSPP (Sven)
Mar 31 - HEC TA request on asset management for drinking water systems w/OW, OECA (Kevin)
Mar 30 - Sen. Collins (ME) and King (ME) staff briefing on ME Water Quality Standards ( Denis)
Week of Apr 3 - Hill notifications on FY17 DWSRF American Iron & Steel memo w/OW (Matt)
April 19 - Cong. Peters (CA) and Cong. Vargas (CA) invited to meeting in San Francisco Regional Office
to Discuss Tijuana River and New River w/R9 (Kevin)
TBD - House T&I bipartisan staff briefing on WIFIA implementation w/OW (Matt)
TBD - House and Senate staff briefing on TSCA reform progress w/OCSPP (Sven)
TBD - SEPW minority staff briefing on TSCA section 5 new chemicals program w/OCSPP, OGC (Sven)
HEARINGS/MARKUPS:
Topic:
Legislative Hearing on: S. 518, a bill to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to
provide for technical assistance for small treatment works; S. 692, the "Water
Infrastructure Flexibility Act of 2017;" and S. 675, the "Long Island Sound Restoration
and Stewardship Act"
Committee:
Senate Committee Environment & Public Works
Date:
March 28, 2017
Witness:
No EPA Witness (Statement requested)
Contacts:
Kevin Kuhn, Denis Borum
115th CONGRESS LEGISLATION:
HR 465 - Gibbs (OH), codifies integrated wastewater and stormwater planning (Kevin)
HR 953 - Gibbs (OH), stops NPDES pesticide general permit, Passed House Ag Feb 16 (Kevin)
HR 1029 - Davis (IL), reauthorizes pesticide registration fees, Passed the House March 20 (Sven)
Source: https://www.industrydocuments.ucsf.edu/docs/fhcn025%_001225_00000014-00001

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