EPA to Issue Stormwater Permit Soon, Wetlands Conditions Report in Summer

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The Environmental Protection Agency is looking at later in the spring for the issuance of the final Clean Water Act permit that would regulate storm-water discharges from 30 industrial sectors, and the agency expects to release its first assessment of wetlands health in the summer, EPA water officials said April 15. Ken Kopocis, EPA deputy assistant administrator for water, acknowledged that the final stormwater permit has been in interagency review at the White House Office of Management and Budget since December. "It has taken an incredible amount of time, and it is still under review." he said. "And the expected date is spring." Kopocis was responding to a forum question about the agency's plans to issue the final permit. He spoke on the final day of the National Water Policy Forum, Fly-In & Expo, which ran April 13-15.