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Friday, August 11, 2017

RIP, Obama’s Clean Water Rule

Time to tell the EPA what you think ......

"The Trump administration has officially begun repealing the Clean Water Rule, which was finalized by the Obama administration in 2015."
"The proposed repeal was made public on the same day that Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt testified before the Senate Appropriations Committee and promised that under his leadership, the EPA would focus on its core mission of protecting clean air and water for the American people."
Read more  https://thinkprogress.org/clean-water-rule-repeal-official-f12e35f5b35/

How to tell the EPA what you think ....


Proposed Rule: Definition of "Waters of the United States" - Recodification of Pre-existing Rules

The EPA Administrator, Scott Pruitt, along with Mr. Douglas Lamont, senior official performing the duties of the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works, signed the following proposed rule on June 27, 2017. The proposed rule published in the Federal Register (FR) on July 27, 2017, and will be open for public comment until August 28, 2017. The public is invited to submit comments identified by Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OW-2017-0203, at http://www.regulations.gov.

 


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