Committee
Purpose
The purpose of this Open Committee is to develop industry-wide awareness, consensus and leadership positions on a wide range of issues important to engineering firms operating in water and other environmental markets; undertake a proactive legislative and regulatory advocacy program; develop public and private market programs of interest to the membership; and communicate with the ACEC membership on relevant risk management challenges to business.
2023-24 Goals
- Increase ACEC's visibility on the Hill on water and environmental issues through development and execution of strategies e.g., Climate and Environmental Review and Permitting.
- Promote the ACEC legislative and regulatory water agenda to fund and implement water infrastructure programs e.g., the Water Resources and Development Act, Clean Water Act, and Safe Drinking Water Act.
- Promote the ACEC legislative and regulatory emerging contaminants and remediation agenda to fund and implement relevant programs e.g., PFAS and Superfund.
- Promote the ACEC legislative and regulatory agenda to advance certainty of infrastructure prioritization, planning and permitting processes, e.g., NEPA.
- Promote ACEC interests in legislation, regulation, and communications related to climate, sustainability, and resilience such as data collection and modelling; update of codes and performance standards; and reasonable application of standards of care.
- Collaborate with other associations and client organizations to promote ACEC's water and environmental agenda; and support communications efforts to promote the benefits of infrastructure investment.
- Collaborate with ACEC coalitions, committees, and state Member Organizations to address relevant legislation, regulations, and issues of joint concern within public and private markets.
- Engage federal agencies (e.g., EPA, DOI, USACE, etc.) on industry priorities e.g., land and water remediation, emerging contaminants, and levee and dam risk assessment.
- Engage with ACEC Young Professionals to advance strategies of mutual interest, and to increase a community of engaged professionals for ACEC and ACEC Committees.