The Environmental Protection Network Applauds President Biden for His Veto Upholding the Clean Water Act
EPN Supports the Environmental Protection Agency’s Updated Waters of the United States Definition
EPN Presents Comments on Defining “Waters of the United States”
Protecting the Nation’s Waters Under the Clean Water Act
EPN Responds to Proposal for New “Waters of the United States” (WOTUS) Definition
EPN Testimony: Proposal for New “Waters of the United States” (WOTUS) Definition
EPN Comments on Proposed Repeal of the Rule Defining the Waters of the United States
EPN IN THE NEWS RELATED TO WOTUS
Calls To Toughen Water Quality Rules After Sackett Face Many Doubts
Betsy Southerland, former Director, Office of Science and Technology, EPA Office of Water, was quoted in this article discussing the many uncertainties in state-level water protections that have been created as a result of the Sackett vs. EPA decision.
‘Devastating’ Supreme Court Decision Leaves Wetlands Unprotected
Betsy Southerland, former Director, Office of Science and Technology, EPA Office of Water, was quoted in this article about the impact of the Sackett decision on ephemeral and intermittent waters and streams and the need for congressional action to strengthen Clean Water Act protections.
Supreme Court Narrows Scope of EPA Water Protections
Mark Ryan, former Assistant Regional Counsel, EPA Region 10, and former Special Assistant U.S. Attorney at the Department of Justice, was quoted in this article discussing the significant narrowing of the definition of waters of the United States following the Supreme Court decision on Sackett vs. EPA.
House GOP Fail to Stop Biden’s New Water Rule – But the Courts Might
Mark Ryan, former Assistant Regional Counsel, EPA Region 10, and former Special Assistant U.S. Attorney, was quoted in this article regarding the failed House vote to undo the Biden administration’s waters of the U.S. rule and the legal challenges that will continue, possibly even beyond the forthcoming Supreme Court decision on Sackett vs. EPA.