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Washington State Chemical Action Plan
The Washington State Department of Ecology has a organized a cross program team to update the Washington State Chemical Action Plan (CAP). You can review…

Regulations Corner - November 2018 EPA Biosolids Program Audit Report Released On November 15, 2018, the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Office of Inspector General (OIG) released their…

By Christian Evans, SYLVIS Environmental & Northwest Biosolids Regulations Development Co-chair In early September 2017, the British Columbia Ministry of Environment and Climate Change Strategy…

Global GAP International Alliance
Biosolids work groups from the European Union (EU) and United States have banded together in a cooperative proposal to integrate biosolids beneficial use into…

EPA ECHO Database
2018 marked the second year of the U.S. EPA electronic biosolids facility report collection known as ECHO (Enforcement Compliance History Online) database.  Results for 2017…

Council Meeting on Biosolids The Metropolitan King County (WA) Council met in April for a thorough and informative briefing on the King County biosolids program.  The briefing was received well by…

PFAS Comments to U.S. EPA  This month, a collective of biosolids stakeholder groups across the nation sent a letter to Dave Ross, U.S. EPA Assistant Administrator for the Office of Water, urging the…

EPA ECHO Biosolids Data Online By months end, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) plans to release biosolids data that will include what was reported through the new biosolids…

Campaign to Halt Biosolids Land Application Community members in Eastern Washington are coordinating an effort to stop a proposed land application near Mill Canyon Watershed.  Citizens have reached…

Last spring, the BC Ministry of Environment announced a review of the BC Organic Matter Recycling Regulation (OMRR) to ensure it remains protective of human health and the environment. An OMRR Policy…