On October 13, the comment period closed for the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) proposed rule on Clean Water Act Section 404 Tribal and State Program Regulation (88 FR 55276). The proposed rule noted that it “would facilitate the process of obtaining program approval by harmonizing program description requirements with program operation, compliance evaluation, and enforcement requirements; establishing a clear procedure for determining the extent of waters the Corps would retain following Tribal or State assumption; and delaying the effective date of EPA’s program approval for a reasonable period of time to allow the assuming Tribe or State and the Corps time to complete preparations for implementation.”
See below the comment letters submitted on the proposed rule by the following western states:
Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation
Idaho Department of Environmental Quality
Nebraska Department of Environmental and Energy
Utah Department of Natural Resources