Associations' Comments on Proposed Update to CWA Section 401 ...

In enacting Section 401, Congress preserved an important role for states in evaluating the water quality impacts of federal infrastructure.

AGA Comments Filed Supporting EPA CWA 401 Proposed Rule ...

On October 21, 2019, AGA filed the attached comments strongly supporting EPA's proposed rule, “Updating Regulations on Water Quality Certification,” published ...

Final 2023 CWA Section 401 Water Quality Certification ...

The final 2023 Rule went into effect on November 27, 2023. 2. Where can stakeholders see the public comments from the rulemaking process?

AXPC Joins Associations to Comment on Proposed Changes to ...

Skip to content. VISIT THE AXPC VOTER RESOURCE CENTER · Join AXPC Advocacy Updates ... Associations to Comment on Proposed Changes to CWA's Section 401. October ...

Proposed Clean Water Act Section 401 Water Quality Certification ...

Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a proposed rule to update the regulatory requirements for water quality ...

Hunting, Fishing, and Conservation Groups Oppose Changes to ...

The Need for Section 401 of the Clean Water Act · Proposed Rule Takes Away States' Power to Protect Important Waters by Limiting Time Frame for ...

U.S. EPA Proposes Rule Revising Clean Water Act Section 401 ...

The Proposed Rule Includes Requirements for a Request for Certification · The Proposed Rule Broadens the Scope of WQC Review to the “Activity as ...

Section 401/Clean Water Act: Association of ... - Mitchell Williams

The Association of Clean Water Administrators (“ACWA”) submitted October 21st comments on the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) proposed ...

APGA Comments on Changes to the Clean Water Act

On Monday, APGA and several other trade associations responded to the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) new rulemaking revising and ...

AMWA cautions EPA against weakening ability of states to protect ...

AMWA and AWWA submit comments on EPA's update to water ... ” The agency believes this proposal “will promote consistent implementation of CWA section 401 ...

Response to Comments for the Final 2023 Clean Water Act Section ...

proposed change goes beyond the plain language of CWA section 401 by eliminating the requirement that there be an addition of pollutants to trigger the ...

NAWM Policy Documents - National Association of Wetland Managers

A group of state associations sent the U.S. EPA and the Army Corps of Engineers a list of suggested process reforms aimed at improving the CWA Section 401 water ...

Change is Afoot: EPA Revisiting Section 401 Program

On June 9, 2022, the Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) published a proposed rule that would substantially change the Clean Water Act (“CWA”) Section 401 ...

August 2, 2021 - Independent Petroleum Association of America

These guidelines interpret Section 401 utilizing the text and structure of the CWA, extensive analysis of case law, and a detailed legislative ...

Comments on EPA's Proposed Clean Water Act Section 401 Water ...

The 2020 rule currently in effect does not provide protection from the adverse holistic effects of federally permitted or licensed projects and ...

Section 401 Water Quality Certification

EPA announced it would revisit the 2020 CWA Section 401 Certification Rule and scheduled listening sessions throughout June 2021. The agency also asked courts ...

EPA's Final Clean Water Act 401 Rule, Reinstating 1971 Approach ...

On September 27, 2023, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published its final rule to implement Clean Water Act (CWA) section 401 ...

Clean Water Act Section 401 Water Quality Certification ...

The final rule modifies the regulatory text implementing section 401 to support a more efficient, effective, and predictable certifying ...

Clean Water Act Section 401 Water Quality Certification

Unlike under several other CWA programs, such as water quality standards and permit program assumption, the EPA does not review and approve a state or tribal ...

The Biden Boomerang Effect Reaches Clean Water Act Section 401

The new rule undoes much of the rule adopted by the Trump-era EPA in 2020 and also adds a number of features intended to clarify elements of the ...