On April 28, the WSWC sent a letter addressed to the House and Senate leadership supporting a $15 million FY23 appropriation for EPA’s Water Data Sharing Pilot Program authorized under the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) §50213 and included in...
On April 25, the WSWC joined a letter of support to the Senate and House Appropriations Subcommittees on Commerce, Justice, and Science, that was signed by numerous water management agencies and organizations including: the Association of California Water Agencies;...
On February 7, 2022, WSWC and several of our member states submitted comments on the proposed rule, "Revised Definition of the Waters of the United States" (86 FR 69372). A selection of letters is included below.
On October 4, the WSWC sent a letter to the EPA and Army (Civil Works) expressing the need for more robust and ongoing consultation with states on the development of a new rule defining the jurisdictional scope of “waters of the United States.”
On September 3, 2021, the public comment period closed on the EPA's Request for Recommendations: Waters of the United States. The following links are comments submitted by some of our states, sharing their positive and negative experiences under different WOTUS regulatory regimes.
On August 2, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) closed the comment period for its Intention to Reconsider and Revise the Clean Water Act Section 401 Certification Rule (Docket #EPA-HQ-OW-2021-0302-0001). EPA’s notice of intent indicated that its revisions...