'Uncertainty' about federal funding as directed by NEPA and the CWA is prevalent among utilities, according to Sigl, who said NEPA “has been extremely volatile since late” 2024.
The event will take place at the Charlevoix Public Library’s Community Room A, brings together representatives from the EPA, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE).
The new initiative will enable EPA to tackle “PFAS from all of EPA’s program offices, advancing research and testing, stopping PFAS from getting into drinking water systems, holding polluters accountable, and providing certainty for passive receivers,” said EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin.
Laredo has long sought a secondary water supply to supplement the Rio Grande. A development in Webb County could provide a solution—but one with a hefty price tag.
Some warn that streamlining development too aggressively could create economic instability in rural areas if mining booms aren’t matched by long-term infrastructure or diversification planning.
This decision permits the Navajo Transitional Energy Company (NTEC) to extract an additional 39.9 million tons of federal coal and supports 280 full-time jobs.