Tag: environmental protection agency

Michael Regan

Biden’s EPA pick draws reaction

December 18, 2020 By

The Association of Equipment Manufacturers was among the first to react to President-elect Joe Biden’s selection for administrator at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

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What’s next for silica, air quality and other key issues?

July 16, 2020 By

The National Stone, Sand & Gravel Association provides clarity on the Trump administration’s regulatory agenda and where safety and health issues pertinent to the aggregate industry currently stand.

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The fully automated water recycling system uses and recycles about 14,000 gallons of water per minute to separate sand fines. Photo by Kevin Yanik

The industry reacts to the new WOTUS definition

January 24, 2020 By

Aggregate producers were quick to weigh in on the Environmental Protection Agency’s replacement Waters of the U.S. (WOTUS) rule, which should ease the burden they felt from a previous definition.

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New definition for WOTUS finally put forth

January 24, 2020 By

The new Navigable Waters Protection Rule ends decades of uncertainty over where federal jurisdiction begins and ends.

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EPA, Army repeal four-year-old WOTUS rule

September 12, 2019 By

The agencies’ action sets the stage a new ‘waters of the United States’ (WOTUS) definition that should provide greater regulatory certainty.

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MSHA, EPA rules to watch in the months to come

June 3, 2019 By

The Trump administration’s updated agenda of pending regulations and upcoming regulatory rollbacks offers a glimpse of what’s to come with the Mine Safety & Health Administration (MSHA) and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

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Trump to nominate Wheeler to head EPA

November 19, 2018 By

The announcement about Andrew Wheeler, EPA’s current administrator, came during a Presidential Medal of Freedom ceremony at the White House.

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Rep. Bradley Byrne (R-Alabama)

Addressing America’s workforce training issue

September 25, 2018 By

Rep. Bradley Byrne (R-Alabama) visited with the industry at the National Stone, Sand & Gravel Association’s Legislative & Policy Forum, stressing the need for new approaches to workforce training.

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EPA administrator Pruitt resigns

July 6, 2018 By

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt resigned from his position, as announced by President Trump on Twitter.

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