Clean Water Protection Rule

General

• Dear Colleague- Delaying the EPA and Corps’ Clean Water Rule Makes No Sense: Bad for Farmers, Bad for Developers, and Bad for the Environment
• Comparison of Waters Covered under Current Regulations vs. Proposed Rule
• Democratic Summary for February 4, 2015 Hearing on EPA Clean Water Rulemaking
• EPA Fact Sheet, entitled “Ditch the Myth”
• EPA Fact Sheet, entitled “Facts about the Waters of the U.S. Proposal”
• Democratic Dissenting Views to Legislation to Block the Clean Water Rulemaking in the 113th Congress
• EPA/Corps Blog on How Public Input is Shaping the Clean Water Protection Rule

 

Agriculture and Groundwater

• EPA Fact Sheet, entitled “Ditch the Myth”
• Existing Agricultural, Ranching, and Forestry Exemptions Preserved in Clean Water Proposed Rule
• EPA Questions for the Record on “Normal Farming Practices”
• Dear Colleague - Myth #4, EPA is Seizing Greater Power over Agriculture 

 

Drinking Water

• EPA’s Analysis of the State-by-State Reliance on Small Streams for Drinking Water
• EPA’s Summary Analysis
• State-by-State Breakdown of Reliance of Small Streams for Drinking Water (click on your state for individual data)
• Dear Colleague: Myths and Facts #3 Protection of Drinking Water

 

Ditches

• Dear Colleague – Myth #1, Expanded Regulation of Ditches

 

Misconceptions

• EPA Fact Sheet, entitled “Ditch the Myth”
• EPA Fact Sheet, entitled “Facts about the Waters of the U.S. Proposal”
• Rulemaking was Requested by a Range of Stakeholders

 

State and Local Outreach and Small Business

• EPA’s Summary of Small Entity Outreach
• EPA HQ Outreach Meetings Documentation
• EPA HQ Local Meetings Documentation
• EPA Regional Outreach Meetings Documentation
• Myth and Facts  #5 - Public Comment Period
   

 

Science

• Fact Sheet on EPA’s Connectivity Report
• EPA’s Connectivity Report: Full Report
• EPA’s Science Advisory Board Final Review of Connectivity Report
• Dear Colleague – Myth #2, The Proposed Rule is Not Based on Science

 

Fact Sheets: State-by-State Drinking Water Impact

• Clean Water Rule – Alaska Fact Sheet
• Clean Water Rule – Arizona Fact Sheet
• Clean Water Rule – Arkansas Fact Sheet
• Clean Water Rule – California Fact Sheet
• Clean Water Rule – Connecticut Fact Sheet
• Clean Water Rule – Colorado Fact Sheet
• Clean Water Rule – Delaware Fact Sheet
• Clean Water Rule – Florida Fact Sheet
• Clean Water Rule – Hawaii Fact Sheet
• Clean Water Rule – Idaho Fact Sheet
• Clean Water Rule – Illinois Fact Sheet
• Clean Water Rule – Indiana Fact Sheet
• Clean Water Rule – Iowa Fact Sheet
• Clean Water Rule – Kansas Fact Sheet
• Clean Water Rule – Kentucky Fact Sheet
• Clean Water Rule – Louisiana Fact Sheet
• Clean Water Rule – Maryland Fact Sheet
• Clean Water Rule – Massachusetts Fact Sheet
• Clean Water Rule – Michigan Fact Sheet
• Clean Water Rule – Minnesota Fact Sheet
• Clean Water Rule – Mississippi Fact Sheet
• Clean Water Rule – Nebraska Fact Sheet
• Clean Water Rule – Nevada Fact Sheet
• Clean Water Rule – New Hampshire Fact Sheet
• Clean Water Rule – New Jersey Fact Sheet
• Clean Water Rule – New Mexico Fact Sheet
• Clean Water Rule – New York Fact Sheet
• Clean Water Rule – North Dakota Fact Sheet
• Clean Water Rule – Ohio Fact Sheet
• Clean Water Rule – Oklahoma Fact Sheet
• Clean Water Rule – Oregon Fact Sheet
• Clean Water Rule – Pennsylvania Fact Sheet
• Clean Water Rule – Rhode Island Fact Sheet
• Clean Water Rule – Texas Fact Sheet
• Clean Water Rule – Vermont Fact Sheet
• Clean Water Rule – Virginia Fact Sheet

 

S.J. Res. 22, A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Corps of Engineers and the Environmental Protection Agency relating to the definition of "waters of the United States" under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act.

• Summary
• Fact Sheet
• Opposition Letters
  • American Fisheries Society ∙ American Fly Fishing Trade Association ∙ Backcountry Hunters and Anglers ∙ International Federation of Fly Fishers ∙ Izaak Walton League of America ∙ National Wildlife Federation ∙ Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership ∙ Trout Unlimited
  • American Sustainable Business Council
  • Healing Our Waters-Great Lakes Coalition
  • Community Opposition Letter
  • Community  Opposition Letter 2
  • National Parks Conservation Association
  • Physicians for Social Responsibility
  • Brewers
  • League of Conservation Voters
  • American Public Health Association, Physicians for Social Responsibility, Trust for America’s Health
  • Consortium of Aquatic Science Societies