Sunday, October 2nd to Thursday, October 6th
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 6, in partnership with Texas A&M University in Kingsville, the City of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Municipal Separate Storm Sewer Systems (MS4s), and States in Region 6, is hosting the 18th Annual EPA Region 6 Stormwater Conference on October 2 – 6, 2016, at the Sheraton Oklahoma City Downtown Hotel, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. This conference will address and discuss the various issues and challenges of managing municipal stormwater, as well as new and upcoming rules and regulations.

For more information and to register, click HERE.

Keep Louisiana Beautiful is holding their 2016 conference at the Galvez Building Conference Center, 602 N. 5th Street, Baton Rouge on Wednesday September 28 and Thursday, September 29.

This conference that will help spark new ideas and ways in which we can help protect Louisiana for generations to come. You’ll learn how to reduce waste at events, how to raise funds to support your work, how to calculate the cost of blight in your neighborhood and how to eliminate it, strategies to reduce roadside litter by targeting motorists, reducing plastic bag usage, establishing litter courts and so much more.

For information about how to register visit:
http://keeplouisianabeautiful.org/programs-events/2016-state-conference/

From Construction Equipment:

Building contractors and developers need to be aware of the EPA’s newly proposed National Pollution Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) general permit regulations that apply to construction site operators disturbing one or more acres of land or less than one acre, but part of a larger common plan or development.

Read the entire article and see the list of changes HERE.

From ACTrees News:

Executive Order Targets a Greener Federal Government