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Pam McFarland

Senior Editor

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Engineering News-Record, NewsBreak

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Pam McFarland is the Owner, Writer, and Artist of Salted Vinegar Studios. As a fun-loving southern girl, she enjoys cooking, crafting, charming things, football, and spending time with family. Pam currently works as a Senior Editor, focusing on global news coverage, particularly in the areas of engineering, construction, infrastructure, and renewable energy projects.

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Geo Focus

United States (National)

Coverage Attributes:

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Government Announcement: 62 %
Legal Policy Regulation: 19 %
Cites Data: 7 %
Press Release: 6 %
Industry Specific: 1 %

Themes Covered:

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Most Recent Topics:

  • Energy Policy & Regulation
  • Renewable Energy
  • Construction Industry
  • Environmental Services
  • Cleantech
  • GreenTech

Pitching Insights

Pam McFarland's coverage is focused on government announcements and legal policy regulation in the energy, environmental services, climate policy, construction industry, and nuclear energy sectors. She covers a wide range of topics related to renewable energy, environmental services, and climate policy.

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Engineering News-Record

Legal Supreme Court Considers EPA Enforcement, Environmental Reviews in New Session October 4, 2024 The U.S. Supreme Court begins its 2024 session Oct. 7 with a docket featuring cases that could have far-reaching impacts on construction—including one case, San Francisco v. EPA , with oral arguments set for Oct. 16. It will consider whether National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permits can be enforced under the federal Clean Water Act that include generic, rather than specific, language on requirements to discharge treated wastewater into the ocean. The case pits numerous municipal water-sector utilities, construction industry associations and other trade groups against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The San Francisco Public Utilities Commission petitioned the high court to review the case after a 2023 decision by the U.S appeals court in San Francisco rejected the water utility's arguments that the language in its new permit was so vague that the utility could face penalties for failing to understand what the requirements were. Amanda Aspatore, general counsel for the National Association of Clean Water Agencies, which filed a friend-of-the-court brief supporting the commission, says Clean Water Act permits must provide clear guidance about what can and cannot be safely discharged into U.S. waters. “Regulatory compliance should not be a moving target,” Aspatore said in an email to ENR. “At stake in this case is the ability of utilities to effectively and efficiently invest public dollars to achieve the best environmental outcomes for the communities they serve, and to protect financially overburdened ratepayers from unnecessary costs associated with permitting uncertainty.” In a combined legal brief, the National Association of Home Builders, Associated General Contractors of America and American Road and Transportation Builders Association wrote: “Generic narrative provisions place permittees in a vulnerable position of not knowing up front what is required of them to comply with their permit, at risk of being held liable for discharging even one molecule of a certain pollutant, regardless of the actual condition of the receiving water." The group said this "harkens back to a permitting program that this Court and Congress found untenable.” In its petition, however, EPA contends that the language at issue, “Discharge shall not cause or contribute to a violation of any applicable water quality standard” was intended as a backstop for other requirements spelled out in the permitting language with enough specificity to be clear on what is required to comply. Environmental Reviews Under Scrutiny Later in the term, the nation's top court will hear arguments in a National E nvironmental Policy Act (NEPA) case, Seven County Coalition v. Eagle County Colorado , to decide whether agencies without regulatory authority can require additional project environmental impact analyses. The federal appeals court in Washington, D.C. ruled in August 2023 that the Surface Transportation Board could not avoid conducting environmental reviews on a planned new rail line in Utah “on the grounds that it lacks authority to prevent, control, or mitigate” environmental effects that could potentially occur, which in this case is the rail line's potential impacts on oil wells and refineries. AGC of America General Counsel Leah Pilconis says the group and others oppose what they claim is regulatory overreach. “We're really pushing back when we think that federal regulations that have huge costs and impacts for the business of construction and are not authorized by statute, [and] agencies have been filling in the blanks where the statues are ambiguous or silent,” she says. Post a comment to this article Report Abusive Comment

Legal Supreme Court Considers EPA Enforcement, Environmental Reviews in New Session October 4, 2024 The U.S. Supreme Court begins its 2024 session Oct. 7 with a docket featuring cases that could have far-reaching impacts on construction—including one case, San Francisco v. EPA , with oral arguments set for Oct. 16. It will consider whether National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permits can be enforced under the federal Clean Water Act that include generic, rather than specific, language on requirements to discharge treated wastewater into the ocean. The case pits numerous municipal water-sector utilities, construction industry associations and other trade groups against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The San Francisco Public Utilities Commission petitioned the high court to review the case after a 2023 decision by the U.S appeals court in San Francisco rejected the water utility's arguments that the language in its new permit was so vague that the utility could face penalties for failing to understand what the requirements were. Amanda Aspatore, general counsel for the National Association of Clean Water Agencies, which filed a friend-of-the-court brief supporting the commission, says Clean Water Act permits must provide clear guidance about what can and cannot be safely discharged into U.S. waters. “Regulatory compliance should not be a moving target,” Aspatore said in an email to ENR. “At stake in this case is the ability of utilities to effectively and efficiently invest public dollars to achieve the best environmental outcomes for the communities they serve, and to protect financially overburdened ratepayers from unnecessary costs associated with permitting uncertainty.” In a combined legal brief, the National Association of Home Builders, Associated General Contractors of America and American Road and Transportation Builders Association wrote: “Generic narrative provisions place permittees in a vulnerable position of not knowing up front what is required of them to comply with their permit, at risk of being held liable for discharging even one molecule of a certain pollutant, regardless of the actual condition of the receiving water.

By: Pam McFarland

Engineering News-Record

India’s Transportation Sector Manages Rapid Buildout

India’s Transportation Sector Manages Rapid Buildout

By: Pam Mcfarland

India has accelerated its pace of infrastructure development since the government launched its Prandan Mantri Gati Shakti National Master plan three years ago, but industry leaders at the Indian Construction Festival held in Mumbai earlier this month noted that more must be done to ensure projects are not just built quickly, but built well.

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