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Arizona has officially designated the Ranegras Plain Groundwater Basin as the state’s eighth Active Management Area (AMA)

EPA is now reviewing public comments and plans to finalize the revised rule later this year. Whether the changes ultimately bring stability or spark another round of legal challenges remains to be seen. 

Adding another layer is EPA’s recent decision to extend the deadline for states’ third-planning-period regional haze plans from 2028 to 2031. 

In the wake of one of the largest wildfire cleanups in U.S. history, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is returning to Los Angeles - not for more cleanup, but to dig a little deeper.

EPA said its WIFIA program has announced $22 billion in financing to support more than 140 projects across the country, with those projects associated with more than 160,000 jobs.

EPA Region 4 is preparing to take a close look at cleanup work underway at dozens of Superfund sites across the Southeast next year.

The Arkansas Valley Conduit financing bill fell short of the two-thirds override threshold—despite unanimous Colorado support and a price tag CBO pegged at under $500,000.

The BLM has revived its effort to open more of California’s public lands to oil extraction. But its strategy has changed little since the agency’s earlier attempt in 2019 and drillers may not be interested.

The agency says funds can be used to establish or improve collection systems, invest in infrastructure and technology, support markets for recycled commodities, and increase the diversion and quality of materials collected in municipal solid waste systems.

The agency says the loans are intended to speed up infrastructure upgrades while repayments return money to the U.S. Treasury.