Environmentalists Call On EPA To Maintain CWA 404 Permit 'Veto' Power

摘要

Hundreds of local and national environmental and conservation groups are urging EPA to forgo a rulemaking to restrict the agency's ability to "veto" Clean Water Act (CWA) dredge-and-fill permits issued by the Army Corps of Engineers or states, saying such a change would be unlawful and would threaten the health of the nation's waters. A Feb. 7 letter from the groups to Acting EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler responds to former Administrator Scott Pruitt's 2018 order for the water office to create a rule that would end "preemptive" vetoes before a permit application or "retroactive" vetoes after a permit is issued.