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EPA to Work with Drinking Water Systems to Monitor Unregulated Contaminants    

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today published a list of 28 chemicals and two viruses that approximately 6,000 public water systems will monitor from 2013 to 2015 as part of the agency's unregulated contaminant monitoring program, which collects data for contaminants suspected to be present in drinking water, but that do not have health-based standards set under

the Safe Drinking Water Act. Learn More   

EPA Releases Draft Permitting Guidance for Using Diesel Fuel in Oil and Gas Hydraulic Fracturing 

The EPA released draft underground injection control (UIC) program permitting guidance for class II wells that use diesel fuels during hydraulic fracturing activities. EPA developed the draft guidance to clarify how companies can comply with a law passed by Congress in 2005, which exempted hydraulic fracturing operations from the requirement to obtain a UIC permit, except in cases where diesel fuel is used as a fracturing fluid.  
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EPA to Hold Public Meeting and Public Hearing on Air Permit for Arecibo Incinerator

The EPA will host a public availability session on May 23, 2012 at the University of Puerto Rico at the Arecibo campus to allow an informal opportunity for the public to learn about the proposed permit. Learn More 
Tools and Publications

American Rivers Releases Innovative Tool to Determine Green Roof Savings    

In partnership with Goodby Silverstein & Partners, American Rivers recently released Get More Green  - an interactive tool that let's you virtually "green" a roof in your own community to find out how much money you'll save in heating and cooling costs as well as how much polluted water you'll keep out of your local river!
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Banking on Green: A Look at How Green Infrastructure Can Save Municipalities Money and Provide Economic Benefits Community-Wide
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(April 2012) American Rivers, Water Environment Federation, American Society of Landscape Architects, ECONorthwest 

Food and Agriculture:
The Future of Sustainability
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United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Division for Sustainable Development 

 
Nitrogen in Agricultural Systems:
Implications for Conservation Policy
 



U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA's)  
Economic Research Service  

 

In This Issue 

EPA to Work with Drinking Water Systems to Monitor Unregulated Contaminants
EPA Releases Draft Permitting Guidance for Using Diesel Fuel in Oil and Gas Hydraulic Fracturing
EPA to Hold Public Meeting and Public Hearing on Air Permit for Arecibo Incinerator
American Rivers Releases Innovative Tool to Determine Green Roof Savings
"Banking on Green: A Look at How Green Infrastructure Can Save Municipalities Money and Provide Economic Benefits Community-Wide"
"Food and Agriculture: The Future of Sustainability"
"Nitrogen in Agricultural Systems: Implications for Conservation Policy"

Calendar

June 5, 2012 - 2:00pm - 3:30pm: Webinar   
- Product Stewardship Institute  

June 11, 2012 - 1:30am-2:45pm: Webinar
Product Stewardship - Who Really Pays? - National Recycling Coalition

June 14, 2012 - 8:30am - 4:00pm: Training
Syracuse, NY   

June 20th, 2012, 1:00pm-4:30pm: Advanced Panel
Little Falls, NY

Funding 

Deadline: July 16, 2012 

Campus RainWorks Challenge
EPA - Deadline: December 14, 2012

WaterSMART: Cooperative Watershed Management Program Grants - US Department of the Interior
Deadline: July 9, 2012

About EFC 

The  Environmental Finance Center at Syracuse University facilitates the development of sustainable and resilient communities across US EPA Region 2 (New Jersey, New York, Puerto Rico, the US Virgin Islands, and eight tribal nations).   

 

Located at the SyracuseCoE Center for Sustainable Community Solutions, EFC enhances the administrative and financial capacities of state and local government officials, nonprofit organizations, and private sectors to make change toward improved environmental infrastructure and quality of life.

Aimee Clinkhammer  Project Scientist

Khristopher Dodson

Communications and
Program Manager


Kathy Forrest
Administrative Assistant

Mark Lichtenstein
Executive Director and
Principal Investigator


Carissa Matthews
Outreach Program Manager

Sara Pesek
Strategic Initiatives

Mandy Westerdahl
Education Program Manager

Melissa Young
Program Manager
  
Ana V. Arache
Tara Baron
Laura Cardoso
Brad DeFrees
 
Sam Lauritzen 
Lisa Ruggero
Project Assistants

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