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EPA Awards $4.5 Million to Improve Arizona’s Water Quality

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Funds will support Arizona’s Nonpoint Source Management Plan, which implements high priority projects that have the greatest water quality impacts. Improving Arizona’s Water Quality PHOENIX — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has awarded the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality (ADEQ) $4,488,333 to carry out Arizona’s recently approved 2020-2024 Nonpoint Source State (NPS) Management Plan. …

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Supervisors direct County to develop conservation lands policy

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County taxpayers understand the need to protect the unique Sonoran Desert landscape that surrounds the community.  Through the Pima County’s bond program as well as other conservation measures, the public has authorized the County to purchase thousands of acres of wilderness, riparian, and ranch areas. These lands require active stewardship, which the County has an obligation to …

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Save That Holiday Cooking Grease! Pima County Can Use It

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Don’t pour those drippings from your Thanksgiving turkey down the drain. Instead, store your fats, oils, and grease (FOG) in containers and bring it to the 16th Annual Grease Collection and Recycling Event Jan. 9.  Grease collections will take place from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at six locations around Pima County, thanks to a partnership with …

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ADEQ to Protect the City of Tucson’s Drinking Water Supply

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Central Tucson PFAS Project Moves Forward with $3.3 Million from State Water Quality Assurance Revolving Fund (PHOENIX) Arizona Department of Environmental Quality (ADEQ) officials announced today that field work to address the Perfluorinated Alkyl Substances (PFAS) threat to the City of Tucson’s drinking water supply is well underway and continues moving ahead. ADEQ has dedicated …

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Household Hazardous Waste Collection Event Volunteer Opportunity

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Volunteer at a Household Hazardous Waste Collection Event The City of Tucson’s Environmental & General Services Department (EGSD) is looking for volunteers. They are bringing back their Household Hazardous Waste Collection Event, but instead of it being at one location, they are moving it around the city.  It will be the second Saturday of every month …

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Upcoming Surface Water Protection Program Meeting

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Agenda & Draft Legislation Now Available Happy Holidays, Surface Water Protection Program Stakeholders! The agenda as well as the draft Surface Water Protection Program legislation for the upcoming stakeholder webinar are now available on the permittee resources webpage. We hope that you will be able to join us on December 15. We will discuss the draft legislation …

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ADEQ Navigable Waters Protection Rule Screening Toolkit and Flow Regimes for Arizona Waterways

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Now Available Online ADEQ developed a Screening Toolkit and flow regime maps to assess which waters may be jurisdictional under the Clean Water Act with the implementation of the Navigable Water Protection Rule and as discussed in stakeholder meetings. Information regarding this toolkit and flow regimes for Arizona waterways is now available online at: azdeq.gov/screeningtoolkit …

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ADEQ’s Hazardous Waste Rule Now Effective

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Effective Nov. 3, 2020 ADEQ’s Hazardous Waste Rule became effective on Nov. 3, 2020, and is now published in the Arizona Administrative Register. This rule incorporates EPA regulations, such as: Revisions to the Definition of Solid Waste (2008) Definition of Solid Waste (2015) Safe Management of Recalled Airbags (2018) Management Standards for Hazardous Waste Pharmaceuticals …

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30-Day Comment Periods for Proposed AZPDES Permit Coverage Renewal for MS4s of the Cities of Phoenix, Mesa, Scottsdale and Tempe

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30-Day Comment Periods The Arizona Department of Environmental Quality (ADEQ) Water Quality Division welcomes comments on proposed renewal of the following Arizona Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (AZPDES) permits for their respective municipal separate storm sewer systems (MS4s): AZS000003: Coverage to the City of Phoenix MS4 | View Public Notice/Related Documents > AZS000004: Coverage to the City of Mesa …

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