Effective July 1, the Nebraska Department of Environmental Quality (NDEQ) will become the Nebraska Department of Environment and Energy. The Nebraska Legislature voted unanimously in support of this measure on…
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ECOS 2018 State Innovation Award Videos
In honor of ECOS’ 25th anniversary, the ECOS State Program Innovation Awards took to the big screen at the 2018 Fall Meeting in Stowe, Vermont. Twenty-two states submitted excellent video nominations showcasing the results of innovative programs…
Nebraska Launches Innovative Pay for Performance Plan
Nebraska Governor Pete Ricketts announced this week that the state will implement a new pay for performance program for discretionary and classified rules positions at the start of 2018. Today’s…
Nebraska Integrates Wastewater Efforts to Streamline Services to Communities
The Nebraska Department of Environmental Quality (NDEQ) and Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) on July 6 announced a Memorandum of Agreement to improve coordination of Safe Drinking…
Nebraska Provides Environmental Guidance for Storm Recovery, Flooding
The Nebraska Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) offers via its website useful Environmental Guidance for Storm Recovery and Flooding. The toolkit provides succinct advice and a bevy of external links to…
Nebraska’s Online Permitting Programs
Nebraska Governor Pete Rickett’s challenge to state agencies to better utilize information technology to improve effectiveness of state government and improve responsiveness to constituents prompted the Nebraska Department of Environmental…
Nebraska Governor Commends DEQ for Customer-Friendly Practices
The Nebraska Department of Environmental Quality (NDEQ) last week received praise from Governor Pete Ricketts for its work in offering online permitting to customers. In his weekly column, Ricketts commended…
Twenty States Request SCOTUS Stay of the Mercury and Air Toxics Standards
On February 22, 20 states – AL, AK, AZ, AR, ID, IA, KS, KY, MI, MS, MO, NE, ND, OH, OK, SC, TX, UT, WV and WY – filed a…
Nebraska Energy Conservation at Publicly Owned Wastewater Treatment Plants
Description of Initiative: The Nebraska Department of Environmental Quality (NDEQ) is partnering with the University of Nebraska – Lincoln (UNL) Bioengineering Department’s Partners in Pollution Prevention Program (P3) to provide…
Nebraska’s Assessing Wastewater Infrastructure Needs (AWIN)
Description of Initiative: Nebraska has many communities with declining populations. This decline can create problems for communities to fund projects or maintain wastewater facilities. Based on these observations, Nebraska determined…
