Dive Brief:

• The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has agreed with arguments from the construction industry that a one-size standard for construction runoff does not work in a country as varied as the U.S., the American Road and Transportation Builders Association says.
• ARTBA said the EPA issued its new regulations late last week.
• The organization has been arguing for five years, ARTBA said, that it does not make sense to use the same runoff standards in very dry and very wet places in the country.

Dive Insight:

ARTBA attributed part of its success in convincing the EPA to adopt a new approach to participation in small-business workshops over the years as EPA worked on regulations. Using the one-size-fits-all format could add up to $1 million to the cost of some projects, ARTBA argued.