EPA Plans Method For Determining Whether Waters' Nexus Is 'Significant'

摘要

Faced with concerns from industry, lawmakers and its science advisors, Deputy EPA Administrator Bob Perciasepe says federal officials will have to come up with a way to determine whether smaller waters have a "significant" nexus to larger navigable waters, a key test for determining whether they are jurisdictional under the Clean Water Act (CWA). Speaking to the Association of Metropolitan Water Agencies during their April 7 annual policy conference, Perciasepe said EPA, the Army Corps of Engineers and in some cases, the Department of Agriculture, will have to come up with a way to determine when smaller, non-navigable waters have a "significant" nexus to larger, navigable waters and can be regulated under the water law.