EPA rule would expand permitting under the Clean Water Act, including Aquatic Herbicide Work
A report from the Environmental Protection Agency has a battle brewing across the country as organizations and agencies react to the potential regulatory outcome of its finalization.
The preliminary draft report, titled “Connectivity of Streams and Wetlands to Downstream Waters: A Review and Synthesis of the Scientific Evidence” is currently under peer review “for comment on its technical accuracy and policy implications,” according to the draft title page.
The policy implications have rankled some groups and delighted others, due to the possibility that the report could provide the EPA with the opportunity to expand the bodies of water that fall under the jurisdiction of the Clean Water Act.
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