Clean Water Rule Protects Streams and Wetlands Critical to Public Health, Communities, and Economy
Does not create any new permitting requirements and maintains all previous exemptions and exclusions
Washington – In an historic step for the protection of clean water, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Army finalized the Clean Water Rule today to clearly protect from pollution and degredation the streams and wetlands that form the foundation of the nation’s water resources.
For more information, please view the background documents released by the USEPA attached below.
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