legal and regulatory updates

Attorney members of NWHA are invited to post legal updates or articles on regulatory issues on this page. Please forward articles to brenna@nwhydro.org for posting.

recent updates

NWHA Supports Comments on FERC's Dam Safety Notice of Proposed Rulemaking- September 2020
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NWHA Files Comment Letter with EPA regarding Total Maximum Daily Load for Temperature in the Columbia and Lower Snake Rivers- August 2020
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NWHA Supports Amici Brief to the Second Circuit Court Involving Waiver of CWA 401 - May 2020
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NWHA Jointly Files with NHA on EPA Regulations on Hydropower Facilities- May 2020
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NWHA Comments on USDA's Alaska Roadless Rule's Impacts on Hydropower- December 2019
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NWHA Comments on EPA Section 401 Notice of Proposed Rulemaking- October 2019
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NWHA Supports NHA's Reinvigorating Hydropower Report- April 2019
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NWHA Comments on Oregon State Resolution Supporting Pumped Storage Hydropower- February 2019
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NWHA Comments on Washington State Legislation Towards a Clean Energy System- January 2019
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NWHA Comments on Storage as a Transmission Asset to the CALISO- September 2018
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